diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 2df79037eb9bbad4b788ef05e6844283623b22f2..99262b7526ba0df6a2e2974b597eb92338799823 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ mirror_to_github:
     - git config --global user.name "GitLab Mirror Bot"
     - git config --global user.email "mirror-bot@daic.tudelft.nl"
     - git remote add github https://$GITHUB_TOKEN@github.com/daic-tud/docs.git
-    - git push github --mirror
+    - git push github main  # push default branch only
+    - git push github --tags  # push tags too
   rules:
     - if: $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME == $CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH    
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