diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yaml b/.github/workflows/publish.yaml
index bb0f7d2c..26569af6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 name: Build & publish images to the package registry for releases
 
 on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
   release:
     types: [published]
 
@@ -10,7 +11,7 @@ env:
 
 jobs:
   build_element_call:
-    if: ${{ github.event_name == 'release' }}
+    # if: ${{ github.event_name == 'release' }}
     uses: ./.github/workflows/build-element-call.yaml
     with:
       vite_app_version: ${{ github.event.release.tag_name || github.sha }}
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
       SENTRY_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.SENTRY_AUTH_TOKEN }}
   publish_tarball:
     needs: build_element_call
-    if: always()
+    if: false
     name: Publish tarball
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     outputs:
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ jobs:
           path: "./element-call-*.tar.gz"
   publish_docker:
     needs: publish_tarball
-    if: always()
+    if: false
     permissions:
       contents: write
       packages: write