diff --git a/.changeset/weak-lizards-lick.md b/.changeset/weak-lizards-lick.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..749d4ec4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/weak-lizards-lick.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'backend': patch
+---
+
+make the workflow manual
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index ef65d80b9..c19c9f838 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 name: Release
 
 on:
-    push:
-        branches:
-            - main
+    workflow_dispatch:
 
 concurrency: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
 
@@ -15,10 +13,10 @@ jobs:
             - name: Checkout Repo
               uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
-            - name: Setup Node.js 18
+            - name: Setup Node.js 20
               uses: actions/setup-node@v3
               with:
-                  node-version: 18
+                  node-version: 20
 
             - name: Install Dependencies
               run: yarn
@@ -27,3 +25,8 @@ jobs:
               uses: changesets/action@v1
               env:
                   GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+            - name: Create publish to production Pull Request
+              run: gh pr create -B main -H canary --title 'publish to prod' --body 'Created by Github action. Check CHANGELOG.md for more details.'
+              env:
+                  GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}