diff --git a/images/.utils/gitlab-ci.yaml b/images/.utils/gitlab-ci.yaml
index 44ff2d04686c982028621a021e44655403906066..6511cb18fcc3c69830353077936cdacce10a246d 100644
--- a/images/.utils/gitlab-ci.yaml
+++ b/images/.utils/gitlab-ci.yaml
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ container-build-release:
     - if: '$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == $CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH && $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "push"'
       changes:
         - images/${IMAGE}/.release
+    - if: '$FORCE_BUILD_IMAGE == $IMAGE'
 
 
 container-build-dev: