diff --git a/.github/workflows/02-release.yaml b/.github/workflows/02-release.yaml
index 77404892..c71dda30 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/02-release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/02-release.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ permissions: read-all
 on:
   push:
     tags:
-      - "v*.*.*-rc.*"
+      - "v[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+"
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs:
       skip_publish:
@@ -11,28 +11,7 @@ on:
         required: false
         default: true
         type: boolean
-      skip_system_tests:
-        description: "Skip system tests (intended for hotfix releases)"
-        required: false
-        default: false
-        type: boolean
-      release_tag:
-        description: "Release tag to simulate (must contain -rc, e.g. v0.0.0-rc.0)"
-        required: false
-        default: "v0.0.0-rc.0"
-        type: string
 jobs:
-  retag:
-    outputs:
-      NEW_TAG: ${{ steps.tag-calculator.outputs.NEW_TAG }}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-large
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - id: tag-calculator
-        uses: ./.github/actions/tag-action
-        with:
-          ORIGINAL_TAG: ${{ inputs.release_tag != '' && inputs.release_tag || github.ref_name }}
-          SUB_STRING: "-rc"
   release:
     permissions:
       actions: read
@@ -51,7 +30,6 @@ jobs:
       security-events: read
       attestations: read
       artifact-metadata: read
-    needs: [retag]
     runs-on: ubuntu-large
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -83,10 +61,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Create Cosign Key
         run: echo "${{ secrets.COSIGN_PRIVATE_KEY_V1 }}" > cosign.key
 
-      - name: Tag Release
-        run: |
-          git tag ${{ needs.retag.outputs.NEW_TAG }}
-
       - name: Set up QEMU
         uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v3
 
@@ -113,13 +87,13 @@ jobs:
         with:
           distribution: goreleaser
           version: latest
-          args: release --clean --tag ${{ needs.retag.outputs.NEW_TAG }} ${{ inputs.skip_publish == true && '--skip=publish' || '' }}
+          args: release --clean ${{ inputs.skip_publish == true && '--skip=publish' || '' }}
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN || secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           COSIGN_PWD: ${{ secrets.COSIGN_PRIVATE_KEY_V1_PASSWORD }}
-          RELEASE: ${{ needs.retag.outputs.NEW_TAG }}
+          RELEASE: ${{ github.ref_name }}
           CLIENT: release
-          RUN_E2E: ${{ inputs.skip_system_tests == true && 'false' || 'true' }}
+          RUN_E2E: "true"
           KUBESCAPE_SKIP_UPDATE_CHECK: "true"
           CUSTOMER: ${{ secrets.CUSTOMER }}
           USERNAME: ${{ secrets.USERNAME }}