diff --git a/.github/workflows/bump-version.yml b/.github/workflows/bump-version.yml
index 1d490201bc..2b4a67df25 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/bump-version.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/bump-version.yml
@@ -16,6 +16,14 @@ on:
     # https://crontab.guru/#0_0_8-14_*_1
     - cron: '0 0 8-14 * 1'
 
+  # Allow manually triggering this workflow remotely via a curl request,
+  # described at
+  # https://docs.github.com/en/rest/reference/actions#create-a-workflow-dispatch-event
+  #
+  # Note that this can be also triggered by running the script in
+  # `ci/force-ci-bump-version.sh`
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
 jobs:
   bump_version:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/ci/force-ci-bump-version.sh b/ci/force-ci-bump-version.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..72aa665ff9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci/force-ci-bump-version.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+if [ -z "$PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN" ]; then
+  echo "need to set \$PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN to a github token"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+exec curl --include --request POST \
+  https://api.github.com/repos/bytecodealliance/wasmtime/actions/workflows/bump-version.yml/dispatches \
+  --header "Authorization: token $PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN" \
+  --data @- << EOF
+{
+  "ref": "main"
+}
+EOF
+