diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index d7089177..2e7fb6ec 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 name: Publish Python 🐍 distribution 📦 to PyPI and TestPyPI
 
 on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
   push:
     branches:
       - main
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: abatilo/actions-poetry@v2
         with:
           poetry-version: "2.2.1"
-      
+
       - name: Install testing requirements
         run: poetry add requests==2.32.5
 
@@ -39,28 +40,6 @@ jobs:
           name: python-package-distributions
           path: dist/
 
-  publish-to-testpypi:
-    name: >-
-      Publish Python 🐍 distribution 📦 to TestPyPI
-    needs:
-      - build
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    environment:
-      name: testpypi
-      url: https://test.pypi.org/p/vulncheck-sdk
-    permissions:
-      id-token: write
-    steps:
-      - name: Download all the dists
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
-        with:
-          name: python-package-distributions
-          path: dist/
-      - name: Publish package distributions to PyPI
-        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
-        with:
-          repository-url: https://test.pypi.org/legacy/
-
   publish-to-pypi:
     name: >-
       Publish Python 🐍 distribution 📦 to PyPI