diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 65d16d5cf99301bbc0d3f8731fd43afcf63ce481..0a97bf3ff747ddcd86a98f807b80c286cc174eab 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ variables:
 
 .build-env: &build-env
   stage: build-env
+  when: manual
   image:
     name: gcr.io/kaniko-project/executor:debug
     entrypoint: [""]