diff --git a/.github/actions/build-chainlink-image/action.yml b/.github/actions/build-chainlink-image/action.yml
index 0e457560bf0..074af238859 100644
--- a/.github/actions/build-chainlink-image/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/build-chainlink-image/action.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ inputs:
   tag_suffix:
     description: The suffix to append to the image tag (usually blank or "-plugins")
     default: ""
+  tag_prefix:
+    description: The prefix to prepend to the image tag (usually blank)
+    default: ""
   dockerfile:
     description: The path to the Dockerfile to use (usually core/chainlink.Dockerfile or plugins/chainlink.Dockerfile)
     default: core/chainlink.Dockerfile
@@ -32,7 +35,7 @@ runs:
       uses: smartcontractkit/chainlink-github-actions/docker/image-exists@75a9005952a9e905649cfb5a6971fd9429436acd # v2.3.25
       with:
         repository: chainlink
-        tag: ${{ inputs.git_commit_sha }}${{ inputs.tag_suffix }}
+        tag: ${{ inputs.tag_prefix }}${{ inputs.git_commit_sha }}${{ inputs.tag_suffix }}
         AWS_REGION: ${{ inputs.AWS_REGION }}
         AWS_ROLE_TO_ASSUME: ${{ inputs.AWS_ROLE_TO_ASSUME }}
     - name: Build Image
@@ -42,7 +45,7 @@ runs:
         cl_repo: smartcontractkit/chainlink
         cl_ref: ${{ inputs.git_commit_sha }}
         cl_dockerfile: ${{ inputs.dockerfile }}
-        push_tag: ${{ env.CHAINLINK_IMAGE }}:${{ inputs.git_commit_sha }}${{ inputs.tag_suffix }}
+        push_tag: ${{ env.CHAINLINK_IMAGE }}:${{ inputs.tag_prefix }}${{ inputs.git_commit_sha }}${{ inputs.tag_suffix }}
         QA_AWS_REGION: ${{ inputs.AWS_REGION }}
         QA_AWS_ROLE_TO_ASSUME: ${{ inputs.AWS_ROLE_TO_ASSUME }}
         GO_COVER_FLAG: true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/integration-tests-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/integration-tests-publish.yml
index df07cc1e231..f2c91d57677 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/integration-tests-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/integration-tests-publish.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ on:
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 env:
-  ECR_TAG: ${{ secrets.QA_AWS_ACCOUNT_NUMBER }}.dkr.ecr.${{ secrets.QA_AWS_REGION }}.amazonaws.com/chainlink-tests:develop
+  ECR_TAG_BASE: ${{ secrets.QA_AWS_ACCOUNT_NUMBER }}.dkr.ecr.${{ secrets.QA_AWS_REGION }}.amazonaws.com/chainlink-tests
   CHAINLINK_IMAGE: ${{ secrets.QA_AWS_ACCOUNT_NUMBER }}.dkr.ecr.${{ secrets.QA_AWS_REGION }}.amazonaws.com/chainlink
 
 jobs:
@@ -28,7 +28,11 @@ jobs:
         id: tags
         if: github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch'
         run: |
-          echo "other_tags=${ECR_TAG}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          if [[ "${{ github.event_name }}" == "workflow_dispatch" ]]; then
+            echo "other_tags=${ECR_TAG_BASE}:manual-${{ github.sha }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          else
+            echo "other_tags=${ECR_TAG_BASE}:develop" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          fi
       - name: Build Image
         uses: smartcontractkit/.github/actions/ctf-build-test-image@6781e048ecc1aadf7d605722c32e8068a5f829ce # ctf-build-test-image@0.2.0
         with:
@@ -58,10 +62,12 @@ jobs:
           - name: ""
             dockerfile: core/chainlink.Dockerfile
             tag-suffix: ""
+            tag-prefix: "manual-"
           # uncomment in the future if we end up needing to soak test the plugins image
           # - name: (plugins)
           #   dockerfile: plugins/chainlink.Dockerfile
           #   tag-suffix: -plugins
+          #   tag-prefix: "manual-"
     name: Build Chainlink Image ${{ matrix.image.name }}
     runs-on: ubuntu22.04-8cores-32GB
     steps:
@@ -72,6 +78,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build Chainlink Image
         uses: ./.github/actions/build-chainlink-image
         with:
+          tag_prefix: ${{ matrix.image.tag-prefix }}
           tag_suffix: ${{ matrix.image.tag-suffix }}
           dockerfile: ${{ matrix.image.dockerfile }}
           git_commit_sha: ${{ github.sha }}