diff --git a/app/models/release.rb b/app/models/release.rb
index 8efc34fa28c8ddc1bca28b6e19f31e66f20e1cb0..6271d25a1662b23884d892f38256bcac62adce94 100644
--- a/app/models/release.rb
+++ b/app/models/release.rb
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ class Release < ApplicationRecord
 
   cache_markdown_field :description
 
-  belongs_to :project, touch: true
+  belongs_to :project
   belongs_to :author, class_name: 'User'
 
   has_many :links, class_name: 'Releases::Link'
diff --git a/spec/models/release_spec.rb b/spec/models/release_spec.rb
index 49c2d4f3c7984fcee93479e49a29eecd27855d14..38350e12aa213398a394a8db48c10ea8227a769d 100644
--- a/spec/models/release_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/release_spec.rb
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   it { expect(release).to be_valid }
 
   describe 'associations' do
-    it { is_expected.to belong_to(:project).touch(true) }
+    it { is_expected.to belong_to(:project) }
     it { is_expected.to belong_to(:author).class_name('User') }
     it { is_expected.to have_many(:links).class_name('Releases::Link') }
     it { is_expected.to have_many(:milestones) }
diff --git a/spec/requests/api/tags_spec.rb b/spec/requests/api/tags_spec.rb
index 403416ff6c1dc4a56a7ce26c56b15edaf4497a29..673ed6bd1b2b3f5c3381b770acda0b2f8093f198 100644
--- a/spec/requests/api/tags_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/api/tags_spec.rb
@@ -265,14 +265,6 @@
         it_behaves_like "cache expired"
       end
 
-      context "when release is changed" do
-        before do
-          create(:release, :legacy, project: project, tag: tag_name)
-        end
-
-        it_behaves_like "cache expired"
-      end
-
       context "when project is changed" do
         before do
           project.touch