diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index 9baf3e75308..2eda0324af1 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -1318,6 +1318,9 @@ steps:
 trigger:
   ref:
   - refs/tags/v*
+  repo:
+    exclude:
+    - grafana/grafana
 type: docker
 volumes:
 - name: cypress_cache
@@ -1372,6 +1375,9 @@ steps:
 trigger:
   ref:
   - refs/tags/v*
+  repo:
+    exclude:
+    - grafana/grafana
 type: docker
 volumes:
 - name: cypress_cache
@@ -1838,6 +1844,9 @@ steps:
 trigger:
   ref:
   - refs/tags/v*
+  repo:
+    exclude:
+    - grafana/grafana
 type: docker
 volumes:
 - name: cypress_cache
@@ -1916,6 +1925,9 @@ steps:
 trigger:
   ref:
   - refs/tags/v*
+  repo:
+    exclude:
+    - grafana/grafana
 type: docker
 volumes:
 - name: cypress_cache
@@ -3989,6 +4001,6 @@ kind: secret
 name: prerelease_bucket
 ---
 kind: signature
-hmac: 6ac2bc99903f8daae37ba7485e708cf36afe7ccf60ca884cbae2c393de14b73e
+hmac: 17bd201bc211982f0ee6c2c29631ac7638205e03bc5661e208f0624d86377bb0
 
 ...
diff --git a/scripts/drone/pipelines/release.star b/scripts/drone/pipelines/release.star
index 8650da0e531..20445307e2d 100644
--- a/scripts/drone/pipelines/release.star
+++ b/scripts/drone/pipelines/release.star
@@ -240,6 +240,9 @@ def release_pipelines(ver_mode='release', trigger=None):
     if not trigger:
         trigger = {
             'ref': ['refs/tags/v*',],
+            'repo': {
+              'exclude': ['grafana/grafana'],
+            },
         }
 
     should_publish = ver_mode in ('release', 'test-release',)