diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index ffb042b08cee789ab4f19ab82d727946abb16c00..524407119bc53be9dcfac5e0cddd9b957a4388fb 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ workflow:
     # Disable CI for non-MR user-scoped pipelines
     - if: '$CI_MERGE_REQUEST_IID == null && $CI_PROJECT_NAMESPACE != "ogs"'
       when: never
-    - if: '$CI_MERGE_REQUEST_LABELS =~ /.*workflow:paused.*/'
+    - if: '$CI_MERGE_REQUEST_LABELS =~ /.*(workflow::paused|ci skip).*/'
       when: never
     - if: $CI_MERGE_REQUEST_IID                         # merge requests
     - if: $CI_COMMIT_TAG                                # tags, ogs/ogs repo only