diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 33559812872f8b7d19c99588561d04e40bebe159..e7918fb66007f13ad9bcc34745c7da1fb706b96f 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ 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