diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index bc5568164b..7020df67c3 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -2429,7 +2429,7 @@ backports:
 merged-metadata:
   <<: *post_merge
   rules:
-    - if: '$CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "push" && ($CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME =~ /^bind-9.[0-9]+(-sub)?$/ || $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME =~ /^v9.[0-9]+.[0-9]+-release$/ || $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME == $CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH)'
+    - if: '$CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "push" && ($CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME =~ /^security-(main|bind-9\.[0-9]+)$/ || $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME =~ /^bind-9.[0-9]+(-sub)?$/ || $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME =~ /^v9.[0-9]+.[0-9]+-release$/ || $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME == $CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH)'
   script:
     - >
       "$CI_PROJECT_DIR"/bind9-qa/releng/after_merge.py "$CI_PROJECT_ID" "$MERGE_REQUEST_ID"