diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 8744e8da03..462f1344d3 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -434,6 +434,7 @@ gimp-flatpak:
     - if: '$CI_MERGE_REQUEST_LABELS =~ /.*Package:Snap.*/'
       interruptible: true
     - if: '$GIMP_CI_SNAP != null || "$[[ inputs.distribution_pipeline ]]" =~ /.*GIMP_CI_SNAP.*/'
+    - <<: *CI_RELEASE
   parallel:
     matrix:
       - RUNNER: [aarch64, x86_64_v3]
diff --git a/build/linux/snap/3_dist-gimp-snapcraft.sh b/build/linux/snap/3_dist-gimp-snapcraft.sh
index f77890522c..08738ee468 100644
--- a/build/linux/snap/3_dist-gimp-snapcraft.sh
+++ b/build/linux/snap/3_dist-gimp-snapcraft.sh
@@ -86,11 +86,12 @@ fi
 
 
 # Publish GIMP snap on Snap Store
-#if [ "$CI_COMMIT_TAG" = "$(git describe --all | sed 's|tags/||')" ]; then
-#  printf "\e[0Ksection_start:`date +%s`:${SNAP}_submission[collapsed=true]\r\e[0KPublishing snap to Snap Store\n"
-#  snapcraft upload --release=$TRACK/stable $output_dir/${SNAP}
-#  printf "\e[0Ksection_end:`date +%s`:${SNAP}_submission\r\e[0K\n"
-#fi
+# (the credentials are stored on SNAPCRAFT_STORE_CREDENTIALS protected var)
+if [ "$CI_COMMIT_TAG" = "$(git describe --all | sed 's|tags/||')" ]; then
+  printf "\e[0Ksection_start:`date +%s`:${SNAP}_submission[collapsed=true]\r\e[0KPublishing snap to Snap Store\n"
+  snapcraft upload --release=$TRACK/stable $output_dir/${SNAP}
+  printf "\e[0Ksection_end:`date +%s`:${SNAP}_submission\r\e[0K\n"
+fi
 done
 
 rm snapcraft.yaml