diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index fcba718fd7500a3412ac54c964965ff0fe0ced29..664a1f06643184e5fba099634ef918db044e0b93 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -69,7 +69,8 @@ build_2019_image:
     - docker push "${CONTAINER_IMAGE_2019}"_dev:$CI_COMMIT_REF_SLUG
   except:
     - "2019"
-    - "dev/2019"
+    - "master"
+
 
 2019-prod-deploy:
   image: google/cloud-sdk