diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/release/cibuildwheel_ubuntu.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/release/cibuildwheel_ubuntu.gitlab-ci.yml
index 3999c37ff1ed29df1e519c925ce48c1894ead49c..ca2912f6abef37df384c08f0deff3e331eab30bf 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/release/cibuildwheel_ubuntu.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/release/cibuildwheel_ubuntu.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 include:
-  - local: '/.gitlab/ci/release/template.gitlab-ci.yml'
+  - local: '/.gitlab/ci/release/release_template.gitlab-ci.yml'
+  - local: '/.gitlab/ci/release/deploy_template.gitlab-ci.yml'
 
 release:pip:ubuntu:
   extends: .release:pip:template
diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/release/cibuildwheel_windows.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/release/cibuildwheel_windows.gitlab-ci.yml
index 4ac2b09c8ce707ac6f84a4357079e5b3c7a8a0f6..ec05617515d49fb50d269bd2c8a2abad489a7426 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/release/cibuildwheel_windows.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/release/cibuildwheel_windows.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 include:
-  - local: '/.gitlab/ci/release/template.gitlab-ci.yml'
+  - local: '/.gitlab/ci/release/release_template.gitlab-ci.yml'
+  - local: '/.gitlab/ci/release/deploy_template.gitlab-ci.yml'
 
 release:pip:windows:
   extends: .release:pip:template
diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/release/template.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/release/deploy_template.gitlab-ci.yml
similarity index 81%
rename from .gitlab/ci/release/template.gitlab-ci.yml
rename to .gitlab/ci/release/deploy_template.gitlab-ci.yml
index 1f3dd48b0d2b8444235e9499ea286b5ce51eff20..0cfb274f5561b872a5d732eaf523b8d2ff249b5b 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/release/template.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/release/deploy_template.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,19 +1,3 @@
-include:
-  - local: '/.gitlab/ci/default.gitlab-ci.yml'
-
-##################################
-# RELEASE
-.release:pip:template:
-  extends: .rules:release
-  stage: release
-  tags:
-    - release
-  artifacts: 
-    name: "${CI_PROJECT_NAME}_${CI_JOB_NAME}"    
-    paths:   
-      - wheelhouse/ 
-    expire_in: 1 day
-
 ##################################
 # DEPLOY
 include:
diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/release/pip.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/release/pip.gitlab-ci.yml
index ef3fd3904089284517c21c4cc02b9a593ab1a993..df3a523e845262d0714faf72a4fc903952ce8064 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/release/pip.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/release/pip.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 include:
-  - local: '/.gitlab/ci/release/template.gitlab-ci.yml'
+  - local: '/.gitlab/ci/release/release_template.gitlab-ci.yml'
+  - local: '/.gitlab/ci/release/deploy_template.gitlab-ci.yml'
 
 release:pip:ubuntu:
   extends: .release:pip:template
diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/release/release_template.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/release/release_template.gitlab-ci.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..cee3a56646ecf618fa74f37b028103e9246dba23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/release/release_template.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+include:
+  - local: '/.gitlab/ci/default.gitlab-ci.yml'
+
+##################################
+# RELEASE
+.release:pip:template:
+  extends: .rules:release
+  stage: release
+  tags:
+    - release
+  artifacts: 
+    name: "${CI_PROJECT_NAME}_${CI_JOB_NAME}"    
+    paths:   
+      - wheelhouse/ 
+    expire_in: 1 day