diff --git a/.github/workflows/kata-deploy-test.yaml b/.github/workflows/kata-deploy-test.yaml
index c0a9b98b38..a623900992 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/kata-deploy-test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/kata-deploy-test.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 on:
+  workflow_dispatch: # this is used to trigger the workflow on non-main branches
   issue_comment:
     types: [created, edited]