diff --git a/.github/workflows/mkdocs-latest.yaml b/.github/workflows/mkdocs-latest.yaml
index fe38ba4f0cce..fd15267fced7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/mkdocs-latest.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/mkdocs-latest.yaml
@@ -3,10 +3,11 @@
 #
 name: Deploy the latest documentation
 on:
-  push:
-    tags:
-      - "v*"
-  workflow_dispatch: {}
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      ref:
+        description: The tag to be released, e.g. v0.0.1
+        required: true
 jobs:
   deploy:
     name: Deploy the latest documentation
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout main
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
+          ref: ${{ github.event.inputs.ref }}
           fetch-depth: 0
           persist-credentials: true
       - name: Login to docker.io registry
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index 40dceb2e0cd3..c12000e81a6e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -3,9 +3,11 @@
 #
 name: Release
 on:
-  push:
-    tags:
-      - "v*"
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      ref:
+        description: The tag to be released, e.g. v0.0.1
+        required: true
 jobs:
   release:
     name: Release X64 (Default)
@@ -23,6 +25,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout Code
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
+          ref: ${{ github.event.inputs.ref }}
           submodules: true
           fetch-depth: 0
       - name: Install Cosign
@@ -82,6 +85,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout Code
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
+          ref: ${{ github.event.inputs.ref }}
           submodules: true
           fetch-depth: 0
       - name: Install Cosign