diff --git a/Jenkinsfile b/Jenkinsfile
index f0e6b3dcf5..a7f46ce17a 100644
--- a/Jenkinsfile
+++ b/Jenkinsfile
@@ -166,8 +166,8 @@ node {
   env.GIT_BRANCH = checkout(scm).GIT_BRANCH
   env.GIT_COMMIT = checkout(scm).GIT_COMMIT
 
-  def excludeBranches = ['__nightly', 'devel', 'devel-staging', 'release3', 'release3-staging',
-                         'release-tici', 'release-tizi', 'release-tizi-staging', 'release-mici-staging', 'testing-closet*', 'hotfix-*']
+  def excludeBranches = ['__nightly', 'devel', 'devel-staging',
+                         'release-tizi', 'release-tizi-staging', 'release-mici', 'release-mici-staging', 'testing-closet*', 'hotfix-*']
   def excludeRegex = excludeBranches.join('|').replaceAll('\\*', '.*')
 
   if (env.BRANCH_NAME != 'master' && !env.BRANCH_NAME.contains('__jenkins_loop_')) {
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ node {
   try {
     if (env.BRANCH_NAME == 'devel-staging') {
       deviceStage("build release-tizi-staging", "tizi-needs-can", [], [
-        step("build release-tizi-staging", "RELEASE_BRANCH=release-tizi-staging $SOURCE_DIR/release/build_release.sh && git push -f origin release-tizi-staging:release-mici-staging"),
+        step("build release-tizi-staging", "RELEASE_BRANCH=release-tizi-staging,release-mici-staging $SOURCE_DIR/release/build_release.sh"),
       ])
     }
 
diff --git a/release/build_release.sh b/release/build_release.sh
index d137edab91..5bc73167b0 100755
--- a/release/build_release.sh
+++ b/release/build_release.sh
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ if [ -z "$RELEASE_BRANCH" ]; then
   exit 1
 fi
 
+BUILD_BRANCH=release-build
+
 
 # set git identity
 source $DIR/identity.sh
@@ -26,7 +28,7 @@ mkdir -p $BUILD_DIR
 cd $BUILD_DIR
 git init
 git remote add origin git@github.com:commaai/openpilot.git
-git checkout --orphan $RELEASE_BRANCH
+git checkout --orphan $BUILD_BRANCH
 
 # do the files copy
 echo "[-] copying files T=$SECONDS"
@@ -86,9 +88,11 @@ cd $BUILD_DIR
 RELEASE=1 pytest -n0 -s selfdrive/test/test_onroad.py
 #pytest selfdrive/car/tests/test_car_interfaces.py
 
-if [ ! -z "$RELEASE_BRANCH" ]; then
-  echo "[-] pushing release T=$SECONDS"
-  git push -f origin $RELEASE_BRANCH:$RELEASE_BRANCH
-fi
+echo "[-] pushing release T=$SECONDS"
+REFS=()
+for branch in ${RELEASE_BRANCH//,/ }; do
+  REFS+=("$BUILD_BRANCH:$branch")
+done
+git push -f origin "${REFS[@]}"
 
 echo "[-] done T=$SECONDS"