diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index 172b4b5..0ed8976 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ on:
   push:
     tags:
       - v*
-      - rosenpass-v*
 jobs:
   i686-linux---release:
     name: Build release artifacts for i686-linux
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index b19286e..768d034 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,3 +5,6 @@ members = [
     "rosenpass",
 ]
 
+[workspace.metadata.release]
+# ensure that adding `--package` as argument to `cargo release` still creates version tags in the form of `vx.y.z`
+tag-prefix = ""