diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 5148501dcaa4d18a7bc4b801e2ad01651f596683..ef34bf3249917a97a20c542e72f1add4ec04543e 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -491,7 +491,6 @@ release-helm:
   image: docker:${DOCKER_VERSION}-dind
   only:
     - tags
-  when: manual
   needs:
     - build-helm
   dependencies:
@@ -550,7 +549,6 @@ release-docs:
 release-libs:
   stage: release
   image: docker.io/python:${PYTHON_VERSION}-alpine${ALPINE_VERSION}
-  when: manual
   only:
     - tags
   variables: