diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-template.yml b/.github/workflows/release-template.yml
index e583fa8..07fdf90 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-template.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-template.yml
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 name: Release Template
 
 on:
-  push:
-    branches: [ "main" ]
-  pull_request:
-    branches: [ "main" ]
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      reason:
+        description: 'the reason for triggering this workflow'
+        required: false
+        default: 'manually publish the ecr images and templates'
 jobs:
   release_template:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest