diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 880ae44..cacafc5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ on:
   push:
     tags:
       - '[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+'  # Matches tags like 3.0.0, 3.1.2, etc.
+  workflow_dispatch:  # Manual trigger from GitHub Actions UI
 
 env:
   CARGO_TERM_COLOR: always