diff --git a/.github/workflows/packages.yml b/.github/workflows/packages.yml
index 8421bcffd8..c960a484ed 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/packages.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/packages.yml
@@ -26,10 +26,10 @@ jobs:
           git branch --remote --contains | grep origin/main
       - name: Set VERSION variable
         run: |
-          if [[ "${{ github.ref }}" == refs/tags/* ]]; then
-            TAG_NAME=${{ github.ref }} # e.g., refs/tags/preview-740-hotfix-1
+          if [[ "${{ github.ref }}" == refs/tags/* && "${{ github.event_name }}" == "release" && "${{ github.event.action }}" == 'published']]; then
+            TAG_NAME=${{ github.ref }} # e.g., refs/tags/3.0.0
             TAG_NAME=${TAG_NAME#refs/tags/} # remove the refs/tags/ prefix
-            echo "VERSION=3.0.0-preview-${TAG_NAME}.${{github.run_number}}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+            echo "VERSION=${TAG_NAME}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
           else
             echo "VERSION=3.0.0-preview.${{github.run_number}}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
           fi