Semantic-Release Publishing Maintenance Releases GitLab

Question

I am in a pickle.

I am following this exact documentation Releasing a bug fix for version 1.0.x users for a hotfix in a previous version.

I used the git checkout -b 1.13.6 v1.13.5 in my case to create a new branch named 1.13.6 from the version 1.13.5.

Then I updated my .releaserc.json file as so:

{
  "branches": [
    "+([0-9])?(.{+([0-9]),x}).x",
    "main"
  ],
  "plugins": [
    "@semantic-release/commit-analyzer",
    "@semantic-release/release-notes-generator",
    "@semantic-release/gitlab",
    "@semantic-release/npm",
    [
      "@semantic-release/git",
      {
        "assets": [
          "package.json"
        ],
        "message": "chore(release): ${nextRelease.version} [skip ci]\n\n${nextRelease.notes}"
      }
    ]
  ]
}

Still, I am getting the annoying [semantic-release] › ℹ This test run was triggered on the branch 1.13.6, while semantic-release is configured to only publish from main, therefore a new version won’t be published. error.

I am using

"@semantic-release/git": "^10.0.1",
"@semantic-release/gitlab": "^12.0.0",
"@semantic-release/npm": "^9.0.2",
"semantic-release": "^23.0.2",

I even tried the range writing style within the branched array but this also didn't change anything.

The semantic-release is working flawlessly in the main branch.

What am I missing?