diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs_build_and_deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/docs_build_and_deploy.yml
index a3a4995..1ebfe4d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs_build_and_deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs_build_and_deploy.yml
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ name: Build Sphinx docs and deploy to GitHub Pages
 
 # Generate the documentation on all merges to main, all pull requests, or by
 # manual workflow dispatch. The build job can be used as a CI check that the
-# docs still build successfully. The deploy job only runs when a tag is
-# pushed and actually moves the generated html to the gh-pages branch
+# docs still build successfully. The deploy job only runs when merging
+# to main and actually moves the generated html to the gh-pages branch
 # (which triggers a GitHub pages deployment).
 on:
   push:
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
     needs: build_sphinx_docs
     permissions:
       contents: write
-    if: github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref_type == 'tag'
+    if: github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref_name == 'main'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: neuroinformatics-unit/actions/deploy_sphinx_docs@v2