diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index c51cf7417e07d9011859cd38b3a5fde6e621f490..2c07705170f26729bb15a79c91a33b3e3857de00 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -434,6 +434,8 @@ docDev:
     - docker
   image: gitlab-registry.cern.ch/ci-tools/ci-web-deployer:latest
   when: manual
+  except:
+    - tags
   needs: ["compiledoc", "unittest:SL6"]
   variables:
     EOS_PATH: "/eos/project/l/lcd-web/www/doc/ilcdiracdocDev/"