diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 574af5742630545b827871e783443ae351d0c8a6..1fc248030c1817801e99ea43e39b39a11feba0c1 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -258,7 +258,8 @@ gtest_srtool:
 create_g1_data:
   stage: build
   rules:
-    - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE != "merge_request_event" && $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH =~ /^(release\/runtime-)[0-9].*/
+    - when: manual
+    # - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE != "merge_request_event" && $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH =~ /^(release\/runtime-)[0-9].*/
   image: h30x/py-g1-migrator # this image already has plyvel python requirement and dependency
   variables:
     DEBIAN_FRONTEND: noninteractive