diff --git a/templates/gitlab-ci-maven.yml b/templates/gitlab-ci-maven.yml
index eaff7b9a281931024643a74f083d4a7620242c08..fd1f996c89710f79fb20349023f354d3c371e315 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-maven.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-maven.yml
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ variables:
   # default integration ref name (pattern)
   INTEG_REF: '/^develop$/'
   # default release tag name (pattern)
-  RELEASE_REF: '/^v?[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$/'
+  RELEASE_REF: '/^v?[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(-[a-zA-Z0-9-\.]+)?(\+[a-zA-Z0-9-\.]+)?$/'
   # default configuration directory
   MAVEN_CFG_DIR: $[[ inputs.cfg-dir ]]
   # default settings.xml file path