diff --git a/templates/gitlab-ci-docker.yml b/templates/gitlab-ci-docker.yml
index 1c23b787ba6416d3cb9597787525cd472e0e1429..cd4f5e26aa7c1c1caa65a725e2d48055e1d23427 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-docker.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-docker.yml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ variables:
   PUBLISH_ON_PROD: "true"
 
   # default production ref name (pattern)
-  PROD_REF: '/^master$/'
+  PROD_REF: '/^(master|main)$/'
   # default integration ref name (pattern)
   INTEG_REF: '/^develop$/'