diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index a8f01b72336ba1ac990ee059dc33aa5333783680..b03810b9b7abac0590ce1e30b2054e8117e27cea 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ cloud-native-image:
   variables:
     GIT_DEPTH: "1"
   cache: {}
-  when: always
+  when: manual
   script:
     - gem install gitlab --no-document
     - CNG_PROJECT_PATH="gitlab-org/build/CNG" BUILD_TRIGGER_TOKEN=$CI_JOB_TOKEN ./scripts/trigger-build cng