diff --git a/constants/action.go b/constants/action.go
index da0a4449..67e4e835 100644
--- a/constants/action.go
+++ b/constants/action.go
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ const (
 	// ActionOpened defines the action for opening pull requests.
 	ActionOpened = "opened"
 
-	// ActionCreated defines the action for creating issue comments.
+	// ActionCreated defines the action for creating deployments or issue comments.
 	ActionCreated = "created"
 
 	// ActionEdited defines the action for the editing of pull requests or issue comments.
diff --git a/library/events.go b/library/events.go
index c216b199..48351517 100644
--- a/library/events.go
+++ b/library/events.go
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ func (e *Events) Allowed(event, action string) bool {
 		allowed = e.GetComment().GetCreated()
 	case constants.EventComment + ":" + constants.ActionEdited:
 		allowed = e.GetComment().GetEdited()
-	case constants.EventDeploy:
+	case constants.EventDeploy + ":" + constants.ActionCreated:
 		allowed = e.GetDeployment().GetCreated()
 	case constants.EventSchedule:
 		allowed = e.GetSchedule().GetRun()
diff --git a/library/events_test.go b/library/events_test.go
index 7356025c..86771ea1 100644
--- a/library/events_test.go
+++ b/library/events_test.go
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ func TestLibrary_Events_Allowed(t *testing.T) {
 		{event: "pull_request", action: "reopened", want: true},
 		{event: "pull_request", action: "labeled", want: false},
 		{event: "pull_request", action: "unlabeled", want: true},
-		{event: "deployment", want: false},
+		{event: "deployment", action: "created", want: false},
 		{event: "comment", action: "created", want: true},
 		{event: "comment", action: "edited", want: false},
 		{event: "schedule", want: true},
diff --git a/library/secret_test.go b/library/secret_test.go
index ba0e3047..5074831f 100644
--- a/library/secret_test.go
+++ b/library/secret_test.go
@@ -112,8 +112,11 @@ func TestLibrary_Secret_Match(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name: "deployment",
 			step: &pipeline.Container{
-				Image:       "alpine:latest",
-				Environment: map[string]string{"VELA_BUILD_EVENT": "deployment"},
+				Image: "alpine:latest",
+				Environment: map[string]string{
+					"VELA_BUILD_EVENT":        "deployment",
+					"VELA_BUILD_EVENT_ACTION": "created",
+				},
 			},
 			sec: &Secret{
 				Name:        &v,
diff --git a/yaml/ruleset.go b/yaml/ruleset.go
index 2fe23e16..4a6d87f7 100644
--- a/yaml/ruleset.go
+++ b/yaml/ruleset.go
@@ -159,6 +159,9 @@ func (r *Rules) UnmarshalYAML(unmarshal func(interface{}) error) error {
 					constants.EventPull+":"+constants.ActionOpened,
 					constants.EventPull+":"+constants.ActionSynchronize,
 					constants.EventPull+":"+constants.ActionReopened)
+			case constants.EventDeploy:
+				events = append(events,
+					constants.EventDeploy+":"+constants.ActionCreated)
 			case constants.EventComment:
 				events = append(events,
 					constants.EventComment+":"+constants.ActionCreated,
diff --git a/yaml/ruleset_test.go b/yaml/ruleset_test.go
index 559395ba..05a67ce1 100644
--- a/yaml/ruleset_test.go
+++ b/yaml/ruleset_test.go
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ func TestYaml_Ruleset_UnmarshalYAML(t *testing.T) {
 					Tag:    []string{"^refs/tags/(\\d+\\.)+\\d+$"},
 				},
 				Unless: Rules{
-					Event: []string{"deployment", "pull_request:opened", "pull_request:synchronize", "pull_request:reopened", "comment:created", "comment:edited", "schedule"},
+					Event: []string{"deployment:created", "pull_request:opened", "pull_request:synchronize", "pull_request:reopened", "comment:created", "comment:edited", "schedule"},
 					Path:  []string{"foo.txt", "/foo/bar.txt"},
 				},
 				Matcher:  "regexp",