diff --git a/deploy/chores/check_version b/deploy/chores/check_version
index 817039d..8d150c0 100755
--- a/deploy/chores/check_version
+++ b/deploy/chores/check_version
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ script_dir="$( dirname "${script}" )"
     && git_status="developing"
 git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD | grep -E 'release|hotfix/' >/dev/null \
     && git_status="releasing"
+git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD | grep -E 'master' >/dev/null \
+    && git_status="released"
 
 
 if [ "${git_status}" = "developing" ]; then
@@ -23,6 +25,13 @@ elif [ "${git_status}" = "releasing" ]; then
         git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD \
         | cut -d '/' -f 2
     )"
+elif [ "${git_status}" = "released" ]; then
+    echo "Status: Released"
+    # => version from current tag
+    git_version="$( \
+        git describe --tags \
+        | sed -E 's/^v[^0-9]*((0|[1-9][0-9]*)[0-9\.]*[0-9])$/\1/'
+    )"
 else
     echo "ERROR: Invalid git branch"
     echo "ERROR: Chores cannot be run on '$( git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD )'!"
diff --git a/deploy/chores/docker_buildx b/deploy/chores/docker_buildx
index f5ade1a..0249229 100755
--- a/deploy/chores/docker_buildx
+++ b/deploy/chores/docker_buildx
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ script_dir="$( dirname "${script}" )"
 
 # vars defined in `check_version` script
 # shellcheck disable=SC2154
-if [ "${git_status}" = "releasing" ]; then
+if [ "${git_status}" = "releasing" ] || [ "${git_status}" = "released" ]; then
     # shellcheck disable=SC2154
     image_tag="${git_version}"
 else