diff --git a/.github/chainguard/self.update-system-tests.create-pr.sts.yaml b/.github/chainguard/self.update-system-tests.create-pr.sts.yaml
index 361668e8735..3db9ae11c4a 100644
--- a/.github/chainguard/self.update-system-tests.create-pr.sts.yaml
+++ b/.github/chainguard/self.update-system-tests.create-pr.sts.yaml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ subject_pattern: repo:DataDog/dd-trace-java:ref:refs/(heads/master|tags/v[0-9]+.
 claim_pattern:
   event_name: (push|workflow_dispatch)
   ref: refs/(heads/master|tags/v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.0)
-  job_workflow_ref: DataDog/dd-trace-java/\.github/workflows/create-release-branch\.yaml@refs/heads/master
+  job_workflow_ref: DataDog/dd-trace-java/\.github/workflows/create-release-branch\.yaml@refs/(heads/master|tags/v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.0)
 
 permissions:
   contents: write