diff --git a/.github/workflows/ee-nlc-tag-push.yml b/.github/workflows/ee-nlc-tag-push.yml
index 780e5318..ce02897d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ee-nlc-tag-push.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ee-nlc-tag-push.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@ on:
       - "!*"
     tags:
       - "v5.*"
+    workflow_dispatch:
+      inputs:
+        HZ_VERSION:
+          description: 'Version of Hazelcast to build the image for, e.g. 5.3.2, 5.1.1, 5.0.1'
+          required: true
 
 env:
   test_container_name_ee: hazelcast-ee-test
@@ -19,16 +24,23 @@ jobs:
       NLC_REPO_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NLC_REPO_TOKEN }}
       NLC_IMAGE_NAME: ${{ secrets.NLC_IMAGE_NAME }}
       S3_NLC_URL: ${{ secrets.S3_NLC_URL }}
+      HZ_VERSION: ${{ github.event.inputs.HZ_VERSION }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout Code
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
-      - name: Set Release Version
-        run: echo "RELEASE_VERSION=${GITHUB_REF:11}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+      - name: Set HZ version
+        run: |
+          if [ -z "${{ env.HZ_VERSION }}" ]; then
+             HZ_VERSION=${GITHUB_REF:11}
+          else
+             HZ_VERSION=${{ env.HZ_VERSION }}
+          fi
+          echo "HZ_VERSION=${HZ_VERSION}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
       - name: Set NLC zip URL
         run: |
-          S3_NLC_ZIP_URL=${S3_NLC_URL}/hazelcast-enterprise-${RELEASE_VERSION}-nlc.zip
+          S3_NLC_ZIP_URL=${S3_NLC_URL}/hazelcast-enterprise-${HZ_VERSION}-nlc.zip
 
           echo "S3_NLC_ZIP_URL=${S3_NLC_ZIP_URL}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
@@ -58,7 +70,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build EE image
         run: |
           docker buildx build --load \
-            --build-arg HZ_VERSION=${RELEASE_VERSION} \
+            --build-arg HZ_VERSION=${HZ_VERSION} \
             --build-arg HAZELCAST_ZIP_URL=${HAZELCAST_ZIP_URL} \
             --tag hazelcast-nlc:test hazelcast-enterprise
 
@@ -86,7 +98,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build/Push EE image
         run: |
           docker buildx build --push \
-            --build-arg HZ_VERSION=${RELEASE_VERSION} \
+            --build-arg HZ_VERSION=${HZ_VERSION} \
             --build-arg HAZELCAST_ZIP_URL=${HAZELCAST_ZIP_URL} \
-            --tag ${NLC_IMAGE_NAME}:${RELEASE_VERSION}  \
+            --tag ${NLC_IMAGE_NAME}:${HZ_VERSION}  \
             --platform=linux/arm64,linux/amd64 hazelcast-enterprise