diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 7dec845d41360f63a14af6d1f8431957b2e2ee0d..3ff2a834460d62cd9cb516f19cb804c133fe076e 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ stages:
 
 workflow:
   rules:
-    - if: $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME =~ /^wip/
+    - if: $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME =~ /^wip*/i
       when: never
     - changes:
       - .gitlab/**/*