diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index ef19d0102d..a53bdca6ca 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 name: build
 on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
   push:
     branches:
       - master
diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs.yml b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
index 5ba1f50ae7..9f5139c41b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 name: "generate-docs"
 on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
   push:
     branches:
       - master  
diff --git a/.github/workflows/leaderboard.yml b/.github/workflows/leaderboard.yml
index 1170b9c9e3..47fb3f0713 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/leaderboard.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/leaderboard.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 name: "update-leaderboard"
 on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
   push:
     tags-ignore:
       - 'v*-beta.*'
@@ -37,4 +38,4 @@ jobs:
             This PR is auto-generated by the [update-leaderboard](https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/blob/master/.github/workflows/leaderboard.yml) CI workflow.
             ```
             ${{ steps.leaderboard.outputs.changes }}
-            ```
\ No newline at end of file
+            ```
diff --git a/.github/workflows/master.yml b/.github/workflows/master.yml
index a98f97bc9e..49f1a384a0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/master.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/master.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 name: Master
 on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
   push:
     branches:
       - master
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr.yml b/.github/workflows/pr.yml
index 4f0280d88a..27d1af6884 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 name: PR
 on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
   pull_request:
     paths:
       - "go.mod"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr_verified.yaml b/.github/workflows/pr_verified.yaml
index 7b674572ce..17e6e5b5cd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr_verified.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr_verified.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 name: PR_Verified
 on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
   pull_request:
     paths:
       - "go.mod"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/time-to-k8s.yml b/.github/workflows/time-to-k8s.yml
index a664f683c0..9411c79aa7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/time-to-k8s.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/time-to-k8s.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 name: "time-to-k8s benchmark"
 on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
   release:
     types: [released]
 env:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/translations.yml b/.github/workflows/translations.yml
index 1287f0dc35..97360d0857 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/translations.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/translations.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 name: Translations Validation
 on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
   pull_request:
     paths:
       - "translations/**"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/twitter-bot.yml b/.github/workflows/twitter-bot.yml
index 315718b332..1a7c97b56a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/twitter-bot.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/twitter-bot.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 name: "Tweet the release"
 on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
   push:
     tags:
       - 'v*'
@@ -15,4 +16,4 @@ jobs:
           consumer-key: ${{ secrets.TWITTER_API_KEY }}
           consumer-secret: ${{ secrets.TWITTER_API_SECRET }}
           access-token: ${{ secrets.TWITTER_ACCESS_TOKEN }}
-          access-token-secret: ${{ secrets.TWITTER_ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET }}
\ No newline at end of file
+          access-token-secret: ${{ secrets.TWITTER_ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-k8s-versions.yml b/.github/workflows/update-k8s-versions.yml
index c421c0a5be..03a9eaeeed 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update-k8s-versions.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-k8s-versions.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 name: "update-kubernetes-versions"
 on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
   schedule:
     # every Monday at around 1 am pacific/8 am UTC
     - cron: "0 8 * * 1"