diff --git a/.buildkite/deployment.sh b/.buildkite/deployment.sh
index e07073dce..027688f5f 100755
--- a/.buildkite/deployment.sh
+++ b/.buildkite/deployment.sh
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 set -u
 
-if [[ $BUILDKITE_BRANCH == "master" ]]; then
-  CI_DOCS_BYPASS=$(git diff --name-only HEAD~1 | sed -rn '/^docs\/.*/!{q1}' && echo true || echo false)
-else
-  CI_DOCS_BYPASS=$(git diff --name-only `git merge-base --fork-point origin/master` | sed -rn '/^docs\/.*/!{q1}' && echo true || echo false)
+if [[ $BUILDKITE_TAG == "" ]]; then
+  if [[ $BUILDKITE_BRANCH == "master" ]]; then
+    CI_DOCS_BYPASS=$(git diff --name-only HEAD~1 | sed -rn '/^docs\/.*/!{q1}' && echo true || echo false)
+  else
+    CI_DOCS_BYPASS=$(git diff --name-only `git merge-base --fork-point origin/master` | sed -rn '/^docs\/.*/!{q1}' && echo true || echo false)
+  fi
 fi
 
 cat << EOF
diff --git a/.buildkite/pipeline.sh b/.buildkite/pipeline.sh
index f57848db5..b25119807 100755
--- a/.buildkite/pipeline.sh
+++ b/.buildkite/pipeline.sh
@@ -1,14 +1,16 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 set -u
 
-if [[ $BUILDKITE_BRANCH == "master" ]]; then
-  CI_DOCS_BYPASS=$(git diff --name-only HEAD~1 | sed -rn '/^docs\/.*/!{q1}' && echo true || echo false)
-else
-  CI_DOCS_BYPASS=$(git diff --name-only `git merge-base --fork-point origin/master` | sed -rn '/^docs\/.*/!{q1}' && echo true || echo false)
-fi
+if [[ $BUILDKITE_TAG == "" ]]; then
+  if [[ $BUILDKITE_BRANCH == "master" ]]; then
+    CI_DOCS_BYPASS=$(git diff --name-only HEAD~1 | sed -rn '/^docs\/.*/!{q1}' && echo true || echo false)
+  else
+    CI_DOCS_BYPASS=$(git diff --name-only `git merge-base --fork-point origin/master` | sed -rn '/^docs\/.*/!{q1}' && echo true || echo false)
+  fi
 
-if [[ $CI_DOCS_BYPASS == "true" ]]; then
+  if [[ $CI_DOCS_BYPASS == "true" ]]; then
   cat .buildkite/annotations/documentation | buildkite-agent annotate --style "info" --context "ctx-info"
+  fi
 fi
 
 cat << EOF