diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs.yml b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
index 37c480d841145..9f984e3a346ba 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 name: Check documentation build
 
 on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
   push:
     branches: [master, 'release*']
     tags: ['*']
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 2adc674405956..e8f8a2a05e2b0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 name: Tests
 
 on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
   push:
     branches: [master, 'release*']
     tags: ['*']
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test_stubgenc.yml b/.github/workflows/test_stubgenc.yml
index 8a32ec1769601..b48031e5c18f6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test_stubgenc.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test_stubgenc.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 name: Test stubgenc on pybind11-mypy-demo
 
 on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
   push:
     branches: [master, 'release*']
     tags: ['*']