diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy-release.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy-release.yml
index 21b4e46a..5ac5c3a0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy-release.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,14 @@ name: Deploy Release
 on:
   # Start when a release is published
   release:
-    types: [published, edited]
+    types: [published]
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    # Set the input variables you want to pull in
+    inputs:
+      release_version:
+        description: 'version to release. Ex: v4.3.2'
+        required: true
+        default: 'v'
 
 ###############
 # Set the Job #
@@ -50,10 +57,6 @@ jobs:
       ############################
       - name: Checkout Code
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
-        with:
-          # Full git history is needed to get a proper list
-          # of changed files within `super-linter`
-          fetch-depth: 0
 
       ###########################
       # Set current date to ENV #
@@ -97,6 +100,11 @@ jobs:
           echo "RELEASE_VERSION=$(echo ${{ github.event.release.name }} \
           | grep -E -o "v[[:digit:]]+\.[[:digit:]]+\.[[:digit:]]+")" \
           >> "${GITHUB_ENV}"
+          if [ -z "${RELEASE_VERSION}" ]; then
+            echo "No release version found in environment, using input..."
+            echo "RELEASE_VERSION=${{ github.event.inputs.release_version }}" \
+            >> "${GITHUB_ENV}"
+          fi
 
       #########################
       # Update deployment API #