diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 6bf3e746..18c7c5a4 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ deploy_to_tags:
     - export GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL=$GITLAB_USER_EMAIL
     - export GIT_COMMITTER_NAME=$GITLAB_USER_NAME
     - export GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL=$GITLAB_USER_EMAIL
+    - export GIT_BRANCH=$CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME
     - git config user.email $GITLAB_USER_EMAIL
     - git config user.name $GITLAB_USER_NAME
     - npm install --no-save
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5b0de3e6..7bbf9446 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
     "semantic-release": "^17.4.4"
   },
   "release": {
-    "branches": ["master"],
     "plugins": [
       "@semantic-release/commit-analyzer"
     ],