diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 1a955b90142d6767d74db0ca61065757f7c6adb3..e1be37841e1a843d29d2f48a889f1ffd004182c4 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -533,7 +533,6 @@ release-helm:
   image: docker:${DOCKER_VERSION}-dind
   only:
     - tags
-  when: manual
   needs:
     - build-helm
   dependencies:
@@ -593,7 +592,6 @@ release-docs:
 release-libs:
   stage: release
   image: docker.io/python:${PYTHON_VERSION}-alpine${ALPINE_VERSION}
-  when: manual
   only:
     - tags
   variables: