diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index cd60bd98e4e2f9901382145df37d457c39b625eb..a9a486cb255a74fed0501032a1afef77b6ba7342 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -110,6 +110,8 @@ deploy:dev:
     - if: $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == "dev"
   needs:
     - "build:dev"
+  when: manual
+  
   variables:
     NODE_ENV: "development"
     KUBE_NAMESPACE: "defense-finder-dev"