diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy-ecs.yaml b/.github/workflows/deploy-ecs.yaml
index 04e454dcb05..9f809baf90e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy-ecs.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy-ecs.yaml
@@ -10,11 +10,16 @@ on:
         required: true
         type: string
         default: 'latest'
+      ecs_cluster:
+        description: 'ECS cluster to deploy to'
+        required: true
+        type: string
+        default: 'dev-zebra-cluster'
 env:
   AWS_REGION: ${{ vars.AWS_REGION || 'eu-central-1' }}
   ECR_REPOSITORY: ${{ vars.ECR_REPOSITORY || 'dev-zebra-server' }}
   ECS_SERVICE: ${{ vars.ECS_SERVICE || 'dev-zebra' }}
-  ECS_CLUSTER: ${{ vars.ECS_CLUSTER || 'dev-zebra-cluster' }}
+  ECS_CLUSTER: ${{ inputs.ecs_cluster || vars.ECS_CLUSTER || 'dev-zebra-cluster' }}
   TASK_DEFINITION: ${{ vars.TASK_DEFINITION || 'dev-zebra-task' }}
   CONTAINER_NAME: ${{ vars.CONTAINER_NAME || 'zebra-container' }}
 jobs: