diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 3234431e..37cc465e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -4,9 +4,8 @@ on:
   push:
     tags:
       - 'v*'
-    tags-ignore:
-      - 'v*-beta.*'
-      - 'v*-rc.*'
+      - '!v*-beta.*'
+      - '!v*-rc.*'
 
 concurrency:
   group: release-${{ github.ref }}
diff --git a/src/release-workflow.test.ts b/src/release-workflow.test.ts
index a0040472..b10ee39a 100644
--- a/src/release-workflow.test.ts
+++ b/src/release-workflow.test.ts
@@ -23,8 +23,9 @@ test('publish release leaves prerelease unset so gh creates a normal release', (
 });
 
 test('stable release workflow excludes prerelease beta and rc tags', () => {
-  assert.match(releaseWorkflow, /tags-ignore:\s*\n\s*-\s*'v\*-beta\.\*'/);
-  assert.match(releaseWorkflow, /tags-ignore:\s*\n(?:.*\n)*\s*-\s*'v\*-rc\.\*'/);
+  assert.match(releaseWorkflow, /tags:\s*\n\s*-\s*'v\*'/);
+  assert.match(releaseWorkflow, /tags:\s*\n(?:.*\n)*\s*-\s*'!v\*-beta\.\*'/);
+  assert.match(releaseWorkflow, /tags:\s*\n(?:.*\n)*\s*-\s*'!v\*-rc\.\*'/);
 });
 
 test('publish release forces an existing draft tag release to become public', () => {