diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-build.yml b/.github/workflows/check-build.yml
index 3d94062..2648ae4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-build.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 name: Check Build
-on: pull_request
+on: 
+  pull_request:
+  workflow_dispatch:
 
 jobs:
   twinecheck:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-manifest.yml b/.github/workflows/check-manifest.yml
index afed94c..a04b23b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-manifest.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-manifest.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 name: check MANIFEST.in
 on:
-  pull_request
+  pull_request:
+  workflow_dispatch:
 
 jobs:
   check-manifest:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/run-pytest-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/run-pytest-tests.yml
index d0b9704..a9bd533 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run-pytest-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run-pytest-tests.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 name: Run tests
 
-on: [pull_request]
+on: 
+  pull_request:
+  workflow_dispatch:
 
 jobs:
   test:
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index ca6aed6..fb7e0fd 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ classifiers = [
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
 ]
-dependencies=['yt>=4.2.0', 'h5py>=3.4.0', 'pooch>=1.5.1', 'xarray']
+dependencies=['yt>=4.2.0', 'h5py>=3.4.0', 'pooch>=1.5.1', 'xarray!=v2025.06.0']
 dynamic = ["version"]
 
 [project.urls]