diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish_documentation.yml b/.github/workflows/publish_documentation.yml
index 34eff8f34..536cc8bfb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish_documentation.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish_documentation.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ on:
     paths:
       - docs/mkdocs/**
       - docs/examples/**
+  workflow_dispatch:
 
 # we don't want to have concurrent jobs, and we don't want to cancel running jobs to avoid broken publications
 concurrency: