diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index af705a6120963e611f6fd5d5ea3d2ffa4d854e24..6ce6d07feee84da8519bccc6cfe32998ae4f3853 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -257,8 +257,7 @@ gtest_srtool:
 create_g1_data:
   stage: build
   rules:
-    - when: manual
-    # - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE != "merge_request_event" && $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH =~ /^(release\/runtime-)[0-9].*/
+    - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE != "merge_request_event" && $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH =~ /^(release\/runtime-)[0-9].*/
   image: h30x/py-g1-migrator # this image already has plyvel python requirement and dependency
   variables:
     DEBIAN_FRONTEND: noninteractive