diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 8c97638fee7fa3802e013f931eb9e4f99e3a29dd..de34b1f81815c0db6a25bd2a26f021afdff36a82 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -183,10 +183,6 @@ download_plugins:
   script:
     - mvn dependency:copy -DrepoUrl=$OSM_PACKAGE_REGISTRY_URL -Dartifact="org.opengroup.osdu:os-osm-postgres:$OSM_VERSION:jar:plugin" -Dtransitive=false -DoutputDirectory="./tmp"
   rules:
-    - if: "$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH =~ /^release/"
-      when: never
-    - if: "$CI_COMMIT_TAG"
-      when: never
     - if: "$PROTECTED == '1'"
       when: on_success
 
diff --git a/devops/core-plus/pipeline/override-stages.yml b/devops/core-plus/pipeline/override-stages.yml
index 52b196c1027537022b970c8b41f8dc1ddae31223..91a905558e3e2af3792787f5979068cea28f812d 100644
--- a/devops/core-plus/pipeline/override-stages.yml
+++ b/devops/core-plus/pipeline/override-stages.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ core-containerize-bootstrap-gitlab:
   variables:
     CORE_IMAGE_BOOTSTRAP_NAME: "core-plus-bootstrap-partition"
 
-
 core-containerize-gitlab:
   stage: containerize
   needs: ["compile-and-unit-test", "download_plugins"]
@@ -28,9 +27,9 @@ core-containerize-gitlab:
     - docker push $CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE/$TEST_IMAGE
   rules:
     - if: "$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH =~ /^release/"
-      when: never
+      when: on_success
     - if: "$CI_COMMIT_TAG"
-      when: never
+      when: on_success
     - if: "$CORE == '1'"
       when: on_success
 
@@ -90,8 +89,8 @@ core-test:
     expire_in: 1 days
   rules:
     - if: "$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH =~ /^release/"
-      when: never
+      when: on_success
     - if: "$CI_COMMIT_TAG"
-      when: never
+      when: on_success
     - if: "$CORE == '1'"
       when: on_success