diff --git a/.github/workflows/ghcr_deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/ghcr_deploy.yml
index 35a211c12dd0..d5a2d5ba241a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ghcr_deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ghcr_deploy.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ on:
       commit_hash:
         description: "Commit hash"
         required: true
+      image_tag:
+        description: 'Custom image tag name'
+        required: false
+        default: ''  # Empty default means we'll use PR-based naming
 
 # Defines two custom environment variables for the workflow. Used for the Container registry domain, and a name for the Docker image that this workflow builds.
 env:
@@ -19,13 +23,6 @@ env:
   IMAGE_NAME: ${{ github.repository }}
   CHART_NAME: litellm-helm
 
-# Add workflow input
-inputs:
-  image_tag:
-    description: 'Custom image tag name'
-    required: false
-    default: ''  # Empty default means we'll use PR-based naming
-
 # There is a single job in this workflow. It's configured to run on the latest available version of Ubuntu.
 jobs:
   # print commit hash, tag, and release type