diff --git a/.github/workflows/nightly.yaml b/.github/workflows/nightly.yaml
index 99a8a007ac3..24c3ed774f3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nightly.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nightly.yaml
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ name: Publish Nightly
 on:
   schedule:
     - cron:  '0 7 * * *'
+  # enable users to manually trigger with workflow_dispatch
+  workflow_dispatch: {}
   repository_dispatch:
     types: publish-nightly