diff --git a/.forgejo/workflows/release.yml b/.forgejo/workflows/release.yml
index 43b3154..82b1d03 100644
--- a/.forgejo/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.forgejo/workflows/release.yml
@@ -5,15 +5,11 @@ on:
   push:
     branches: [main]
     tags: ['v*']
-    paths:
-      - '**.go'
-      - 'go.mod'
-      - 'go.sum'
-      - 'scripts/**'
-      - 'assets/**'
-      - 'embed.go'
-      - 'cmd/xetup/app.manifest'
-      - '.forgejo/workflows/release.yml'
+    # No 'paths' filter on purpose: Forgejo (unlike GitHub) also applies paths
+    # to TAG pushes, so a version tag on a docs-only commit gets silently
+    # skipped and never produces a named release. Continuous builds on every
+    # main push are the documented behavior anyway (see CHANGELOG header), so
+    # the paths optimization is not worth the release-tag footgun.
 
 jobs:
   build-and-release: