diff --git a/lakedrops.yml b/lakedrops.yml
index cd335dbeb04d4365298845dab6916352d4d85000..1b1c8ddfcb60ea178ac8f37167cab32889a0f1a8 100644
--- a/lakedrops.yml
+++ b/lakedrops.yml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ variables:
   DISABLE_GITLAB_CI_TEST_SAST_SPOTBUGS: 1
   DISABLE_GITLAB_CI_TEST_SECRET_DETECTION: 1
   DISABLE_NODE_ACCESS_REBUILD: 0
+  ENFORCE_DEPLOYMENT: 0
   ENVIRONMENT_NAME: ${PROJECT_NAME}/$CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME
   ENVIRONMENT_URL: https://www.example.com/$SITE_NAME
   IGNORE_COMPOSER_ABANDONED_AUDIT: 0
diff --git a/test-and-deploy.yml b/test-and-deploy.yml
index 0f48eaf99d3fd702fed9f3acf85da95aedd8c34d..9e3ab2b224ea7b6f4aaf17c554e84025807a5bf3 100644
--- a/test-and-deploy.yml
+++ b/test-and-deploy.yml
@@ -644,6 +644,8 @@ Debug:
   rules:
     - if: '$DISABLE_DEPLOYMENT != "0"'
       when: never
+    - if: '$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH != "main" && $ENFORCE_DEPLOYMENT != "1"'
+      when: never
     - if: '$DISABLE_DEPLOYMENT_LOCAL != "1"'
       when: on_success
   dependencies: