diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index d564ef16e..c4baee9d8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ on:
   push:
     branches:
       - master
+      - backport-v0.*
   workflow_dispatch: # manual trigger for testing
 
 jobs:
@@ -99,4 +100,4 @@ jobs:
         with:
           branch: gh-pages
           folder: _site
-          clean: false
\ No newline at end of file
+          clean: false