diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 89958f13e..2ddca1aec 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ configure_file("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/common/scm_rev.cpp.in" "${CMAKE_
 message("-- end git things, remote: ${GIT_REMOTE_NAME}, branch: ${GIT_BRANCH}, link: ${GIT_REMOTE_URL}")
 
 string(TOLOWER "${GIT_REMOTE_URL}" GIT_REMOTE_URL_LOWER)
-if(NOT GIT_REMOTE_URL_LOWER MATCHES "shadps4-emu/shadps4" OR NOT GIT_BRANCH STREQUAL "main")
+if(NOT (GIT_REMOTE_URL_LOWER MATCHES "shadps4-emu/shadps4" AND (GIT_BRANCH STREQUAL "main" OR "$ENV{GITHUB_REF}" MATCHES "refs/tags/")))
     message(STATUS "not main, disabling auto update")
     set(ENABLE_UPDATER OFF)
 endif()