diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-command.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-command.yml
index 71da8ba2f150..0ef8a5f2b04d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-command.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-command.yml
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ on:
         description: "Switching this to true will spin up 5 build agents instead of 1 and allow multi connector publishes to run in parallel"
         required: true
         default: "false"
+      run-tests:
+        description: "Should run tests when publishing"
+        required: true
+        default: "true"
 
 jobs:
   find_valid_pat:
@@ -288,7 +292,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Publish ${{ matrix.connector }}
         run: |
           echo "$SPEC_CACHE_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_KEY" > spec_cache_key_file.json && docker login -u ${DOCKER_HUB_USERNAME} -p ${DOCKER_HUB_PASSWORD}
-          ./tools/integrations/manage.sh publish airbyte-integrations/${{ matrix.connector }} true --publish_spec_to_cache
+          ./tools/integrations/manage.sh publish airbyte-integrations/${{ matrix.connector }} ${{ github.event.inputs.run-tests }} --publish_spec_to_cache
         id: publish
         env:
           DOCKER_HUB_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_HUB_USERNAME }}