diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index df74479..ec4db66 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ on:
       environment:
         description: "environment to release for (testpypy or pypy)"
         type: environment
-        required: true
 
 jobs:
   build: