diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-e2e.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci-e2e.yaml
index f7cc6723..10aa8bf3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-e2e.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-e2e.yaml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ on:
     branches:
       - main
       - "release-*"
+      - "unified_kuadrant"
     tags:
       - "v[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+"
     paths-ignore:
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ on:
       - '**.md'
       - 'samples/**'
       - 'LICENSE'
+  workflow_dispatch:
 
 jobs:
   e2e_test_suite: