diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 8900043e..7a4d5ea3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -24,44 +24,44 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-      - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
-        with:
-          go-version: ~1.22
-          cache: true
-
-      - name: go version
-        run: |
-          go version
-
-      - name: build
-        run: |
-          make
-
-      - name: verify that generated code is up-to-date
-        run: |
-          # make (which we ran in the previous step) will implicitly also run the targets manifests & generate, which
-          # could potentially modify code that is under version control, if changes have been comitted that would have
-          # required updating manifests or generated code and these updates have not been done.
-          git diff --exit-code
-
-      - name: lint
-        run: |
-          make lint
-
-      - name: install Helm unittest plugin
-        shell: bash
-        run: |
-          helm plugin install https://github.com/helm-unittest/helm-unittest.git
-
-      - name: install Helm dependencies
-        working-directory: helm-chart/dash0-operator
-        run: |
-          helm repo add open-telemetry https://open-telemetry.github.io/opentelemetry-helm-charts --force-update
-          helm dependency build
-
-      - name: test
-        run: |
-          make test
+      # - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+      #   with:
+      #     go-version: ~1.22
+      #     cache: true
+
+      # - name: go version
+      #   run: |
+      #     go version
+
+      # - name: build
+      #   run: |
+      #     make
+
+      # - name: verify that generated code is up-to-date
+      #   run: |
+      #     # make (which we ran in the previous step) will implicitly also run the targets manifests & generate, which
+      #     # could potentially modify code that is under version control, if changes have been comitted that would have
+      #     # required updating manifests or generated code and these updates have not been done.
+      #     git diff --exit-code
+
+      # - name: lint
+      #   run: |
+      #     make lint
+
+      # - name: install Helm unittest plugin
+      #   shell: bash
+      #   run: |
+      #     helm plugin install https://github.com/helm-unittest/helm-unittest.git
+
+      # - name: install Helm dependencies
+      #   working-directory: helm-chart/dash0-operator
+      #   run: |
+      #     helm repo add open-telemetry https://open-telemetry.github.io/opentelemetry-helm-charts --force-update
+      #     helm dependency build
+
+      # - name: test
+      #   run: |
+      #     make test
 
   # Builds and potentially pushes all container images. For pushes to PRs/branches, we simply verify that the image
   # build still works, the resulting image will not be pushed to any target registry. For pushes to the main branch, the
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ jobs:
   publish-helm-chart:
     name: Publish Helm Chart
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    if: ${{ contains(github.ref, 'refs/tags/') }}
+    # if: ${{ contains(github.ref, 'refs/tags/') }}
     needs:
       - build-and-push-images
     concurrency: