diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-publish.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci-publish.yaml
index a228a16..397f7ce 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-publish.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-publish.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 name: publish trrex package to PyPI and TestPyPI
 
 on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
   release:
     types: [created]
 
@@ -16,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: 3.10
+          python-version: "3.10"
 
       - name: install uv
         uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v5