diff --git a/modules/openstack_project/files/gerrit/acls/openstack-infra/zmq-event-publisher.config b/modules/openstack_project/files/gerrit/acls/openstack-infra/zmq-event-publisher.config
index d79ee898a8..4864651404 100644
--- a/modules/openstack_project/files/gerrit/acls/openstack-infra/zmq-event-publisher.config
+++ b/modules/openstack_project/files/gerrit/acls/openstack-infra/zmq-event-publisher.config
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
         label-Code-Review = -2..+2 group openstack-ci-core
         label-Approved = +0..+1 group openstack-ci-core
         workInProgress = group openstack-ci-core
+[access "refs/tags/*"]
+        create = group openstack-ci-core
+        pushTag = group openstack-ci-core
 [project]
         state = active
 [receive]