diff --git a/ci/gitlab-ci/lib/scripts/release.sh b/ci/gitlab-ci/lib/scripts/release.sh
index b26bd391ffa..4310a2b4dcf 100644
--- a/ci/gitlab-ci/lib/scripts/release.sh
+++ b/ci/gitlab-ci/lib/scripts/release.sh
@@ -70,4 +70,11 @@ release_get_package_version() {
     CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME_ESCAPED=$(echo ${CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME} | sed sI/I-Ig)
 
     echo ${CI_COMMIT_TAG:-"nightly-${CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME_ESCAPED}-$(date -d "$CI_COMMIT_TIMESTAMP" '+%Y.%m.%d')-${CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA}"}
+}
+
+release_is_patch_level_release() {
+    # 20[0-9][0-9]\.11\.[1-9]+[0-9] => match tine version e.g. => 2023.11.17
+    # *(-.*)*(-pl[0-9]+)(-.*) => match any postfix e.g. -rc1 -test, but require postfix -pl<number> e.g -pl10
+    # note the gitlab release rule regex is broader and matches ^20..\.11\..*. It should also be switched to ^20[0-9][0-9]\.11\.[1-9]+[0-9]*(-.*)*$
+    [[ "$CI_COMMIT_TAG" =~ =~ ^20[0-9][0-9]\.11\.[1-9]+[0-9]*(-.*)*(-pl[0-9]+)(-.*)*$ ]]
 }
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diff --git a/ci/gitlab-ci/lib/scripts/release_packages.sh b/ci/gitlab-ci/lib/scripts/release_packages.sh
index deda8e0b56a..9380cbf423a 100644
--- a/ci/gitlab-ci/lib/scripts/release_packages.sh
+++ b/ci/gitlab-ci/lib/scripts/release_packages.sh
@@ -30,7 +30,10 @@ release_packages_notify_matrix() {
             matrix_room="${MATRIX_ROOM}"
         fi
 
-        matrix_send_message "${matrix_room}" "We just released the new version ${CODENAME} ${version} 🎉\\nCheck https://www.tine-groupware.de/ and https://github.com/tine-groupware/tine/releases for more information and the downloads.\\nYou can also pull the image from dockerhub: https://hub.docker.com/r/tinegroupware/tine"
+        if ! release_is_patch_level_release; then
+            matrix_send_message "${matrix_room}" "We just released the new version ${CODENAME} ${version} 🎉\\nCheck https://www.tine-groupware.de/ and https://github.com/tine-groupware/tine/releases for more information and the downloads.\\nYou can also pull the image from dockerhub: https://hub.docker.com/r/tinegroupware/tine"
+        fi
+
     fi
 }