diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 505b2715061c514e0a9de7ad5116bfbb589e358a..5917cd62210ffacc334e79e2cfedbf4c1cbd298b 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 stages:
  - build
  - test
- - release
+ - deploy
 
 # default image for jobs
 default:
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ test:e2e:
 ## RELEASE TAGGING ##
 
 publish:
-  stage: release
+  stage: deploy
   image: node:16
   before_script:
     - npm install -g semantic-release@18 @semantic-release/gitlab@7
@@ -69,4 +69,4 @@ publish:
   only:
     - master
   tags:
-    - release
+    - deploy