diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-kata-static-tarball-amd64.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-kata-static-tarball-amd64.yaml
index f668d16fb6..d2c902af23 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-kata-static-tarball-amd64.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-kata-static-tarball-amd64.yaml
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ on:
       tarball-suffix:
         required: false
         type: string
+      push-to-registry:
+        required: false
+        type: string
+        default: no
 
 jobs:
   build-asset:
@@ -40,7 +44,7 @@ jobs:
         env:
           KATA_ASSET: ${{ matrix.asset }}
           TAR_OUTPUT: ${{ matrix.asset }}.tar.gz
-          PUSH_TO_REGISTRY: yes
+          PUSH_TO_REGISTRY: ${{ inputs.push-to-registry }}
 
       - name: store-artifact ${{ matrix.asset }}
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-kata-static-tarball-arm64.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-kata-static-tarball-arm64.yaml
index e797dc824b..a508622310 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-kata-static-tarball-arm64.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-kata-static-tarball-arm64.yaml
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ on:
       tarball-suffix:
         required: false
         type: string
+      push-to-registry:
+        required: false
+        type: string
+        default: no
 
 jobs:
   build-asset:
@@ -44,7 +48,7 @@ jobs:
         env:
           KATA_ASSET: ${{ matrix.asset }}
           TAR_OUTPUT: ${{ matrix.asset }}.tar.gz
-          PUSH_TO_REGISTRY: yes
+          PUSH_TO_REGISTRY: ${{ inputs.push-to-registry }}
 
       - name: store-artifact ${{ matrix.asset }}
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-kata-static-tarball-s390x.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-kata-static-tarball-s390x.yaml
index cf22379b3e..064ed006b6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-kata-static-tarball-s390x.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-kata-static-tarball-s390x.yaml
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ on:
       tarball-suffix:
         required: false
         type: string
+      push-to-registry:
+        required: false
+        type: string
+        default: no
 
 jobs:
   build-asset:
@@ -41,7 +45,7 @@ jobs:
         env:
           KATA_ASSET: ${{ matrix.asset }}
           TAR_OUTPUT: ${{ matrix.asset }}.tar.gz
-          PUSH_TO_REGISTRY: yes
+          PUSH_TO_REGISTRY: ${{ inputs.push-to-registry }}
 
       - name: store-artifact ${{ matrix.asset }}
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
diff --git a/.github/workflows/payload-after-push.yaml b/.github/workflows/payload-after-push.yaml
index b828c57aa1..25a7a18c2c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/payload-after-push.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/payload-after-push.yaml
@@ -8,12 +8,18 @@ on:
 jobs:
   build-assets-amd64:
     uses: ./.github/workflows/build-kata-static-tarball-amd64.yaml
+    with:
+      push-to-registry: yes
 
   build-assets-arm64:
     uses: ./.github/workflows/build-kata-static-tarball-arm64.yaml
+    with:
+      push-to-registry: yes
 
   build-assets-s390x:
     uses: ./.github/workflows/build-kata-static-tarball-s390x.yaml
+    with:
+      push-to-registry: yes
 
   publish-kata-deploy-payload-amd64:
     needs: build-assets-amd64