diff --git a/.github/workflows/maven_publish.yml b/.github/workflows/maven_publish.yml
index 53a2198545..fb84743190 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/maven_publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/maven_publish.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 name: Publish package to the Maven Central Repository
 on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
   release:
     types: [published]
 jobs: