diff --git a/templates/gitlab-ci-maven.yml b/templates/gitlab-ci-maven.yml
index 0f8f82ba33bf1e13539c884227ee0324b3689cb3..ed7e3cc5ced5af72e3e5166cf963bbd79c127721 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-maven.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-maven.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ variables:
   MAVEN_IMAGE: "maven:latest"
 
   # default production ref name (pattern)
-  PROD_REF: '/^master$/'
+  PROD_REF: '/^(master|main)$/'
   # default integration ref name (pattern)
   INTEG_REF: '/^develop$/'