diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 94c9d4e..759fe2b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ on:
   push:
     tags:
       - 'v*'  # Push events to matching v*, i.e. v1.0, v20.15.10
+  release:
+    types: [published]  # Trigger on new releases created from GitHub UI
 
 permissions:
   contents: write