diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index 3dd0b1cf20..83c1679cb2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ on:
       sha:
         description: "Optionally, the full sha of the commit to be released"
         type: string
-  push:
+  pull_request:
     paths:
       # When we change pyproject.toml, we want to ensure that the maturin builds still work
       - pyproject.toml