diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 21dd957e..9cab45ca 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -37,15 +37,16 @@ concurrency:
 permissions: {}
 
 jobs:
-  deleteDevReleases:
-    permissions:
-      id-token: write  # for OIDC token generation
-      contents: write  # for git tag/release deletion
-      packages: write  # for artifact registry cleanup
-    uses: Checkmarx/ast-eclipse-plugin/.github/workflows/delete-dev-releases.yml@a776dbbfa70cda798753bec14dd7c1f47d094595
-    with:
-      tag: ${{ inputs.rbranch }}
-    if: inputs.rbranch
+  # deleteDevReleases job disabled - dev-release cleanup is now done by manually dispatching the "Delete dev releases" workflow.
+  # deleteDevReleases:
+  #   permissions:
+  #     id-token: write  # for OIDC token generation
+  #     contents: write  # for git tag/release deletion
+  #     packages: write  # for artifact registry cleanup
+  #   uses: Checkmarx/ast-eclipse-plugin/.github/workflows/delete-dev-releases.yml@a776dbbfa70cda798753bec14dd7c1f47d094595
+  #   with:
+  #     tag: ${{ inputs.rbranch }}
+  #   if: inputs.rbranch
   release:
     name: Release
     environment: release