diff --git a/.github/workflows/arduino-stats.yaml b/.github/workflows/arduino-stats.yaml
index 950d33be658..73bd7ff3abd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/arduino-stats.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/arduino-stats.yaml
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ on:
   schedule:
     # run every day at 12:30:00
     - cron: "30 12 * * *"
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  repository_dispatch:
 
 jobs:
   push-stats:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/github-stats.yaml b/.github/workflows/github-stats.yaml
index bb75e6ce0b7..480484ec225 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/github-stats.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/github-stats.yaml
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ on:
   schedule:
     # run every 30 minutes
     - cron: "*/30 * * * *"
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  repository_dispatch:
 
 jobs:
   push-stats: