diff --git a/.github/workflows/merge.yml b/.github/workflows/merge.yml
index a62906a5f9..7e3e19d2a5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/merge.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/merge.yml
@@ -27,4 +27,5 @@ jobs:
         repo: hashicorp/consul-k8s-workflows
         ref: main
         token: ${{ secrets.ELEVATED_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        inputs: '{ "context":"${{ env.CONTEXT }}", "actor":"${{ github.actor }}", "repository":"${{ github.repository }}", "branch":"${{ env.BRANCH }}", "sha":"${{ env.SHA }}", "token":"${{ secrets.ELEVATED_GITHUB_TOKEN }}" }'
+        # set "test-ce" to false when a new minor version is released
+        inputs: '{ "test-ce": true, "context":"${{ env.CONTEXT }}", "actor":"${{ github.actor }}", "repository":"${{ github.repository }}", "branch":"${{ env.BRANCH }}", "sha":"${{ env.SHA }}", "token":"${{ secrets.ELEVATED_GITHUB_TOKEN }}" }'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/nightly-acceptance.yml b/.github/workflows/nightly-acceptance.yml
index 6db7684bb8..77efd1f601 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nightly-acceptance.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nightly-acceptance.yml
@@ -23,4 +23,5 @@ jobs:
         repo: hashicorp/consul-k8s-workflows
         ref: main
         token: ${{ secrets.ELEVATED_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        inputs: '{ "context":"${{ env.CONTEXT }}", "repository":"${{ github.repository }}", "branch":"${{ env.BRANCH }}", "sha":"${{ github.sha }}", "token":"${{ secrets.ELEVATED_GITHUB_TOKEN }}" }'
+        # set "test-ce" to false when a new minor version is released
+        inputs: '{ "test-ce": true, "context":"${{ env.CONTEXT }}", "actor":"${{ github.actor }}", "repository":"${{ github.repository }}", "branch":"${{ env.BRANCH }}", "sha":"${{ env.SHA }}", "token":"${{ secrets.ELEVATED_GITHUB_TOKEN }}" }'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/weekly-acceptance-1-1-x.yml b/.github/workflows/weekly-acceptance-1-1-x.yml
index c3c39fef32..e0f54b148f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/weekly-acceptance-1-1-x.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/weekly-acceptance-1-1-x.yml
@@ -26,4 +26,5 @@ jobs:
         repo: hashicorp/consul-k8s-workflows
         ref: main
         token: ${{ secrets.ELEVATED_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        inputs: '{ "context":"${{ env.CONTEXT }}", "repository":"${{ github.repository }}", "branch":"${{ env.BRANCH }}", "sha":"${{ github.sha }}", "token":"${{ secrets.ELEVATED_GITHUB_TOKEN }}" }'
+        # set "test-ce" to false when a new minor version is released
+        inputs: '{ "test-ce": true, "context":"${{ env.CONTEXT }}", "actor":"${{ github.actor }}", "repository":"${{ github.repository }}", "branch":"${{ env.BRANCH }}", "sha":"${{ env.SHA }}", "token":"${{ secrets.ELEVATED_GITHUB_TOKEN }}" }'