diff --git a/jobs/mini-e2e.yaml b/jobs/mini-e2e.yaml
index 7f7d5b1ea..daff64567 100644
--- a/jobs/mini-e2e.yaml
+++ b/jobs/mini-e2e.yaml
@@ -2,8 +2,12 @@
 - project:
     name: mini-e2e
     k8s_version:
-      - '1.19'
-      - '1.20'
+      - '1.19':
+          only_run_on_request: false
+      - '1.20':
+          only_run_on_request: false
+      - '1.21':
+          only_run_on_request: true
     jobs:
       - 'mini-e2e_k8s-{k8s_version}'
       - 'mini-e2e-helm_k8s-{k8s_version}'
@@ -41,6 +45,7 @@
           status-context: 'ci/centos/mini-e2e/k8s-{k8s_version}'
           # yamllint disable-line rule:line-length
           trigger-phrase: '/(re)?test ((all)|(ci/centos/mini-e2e(/k8s-{k8s_version})?))'
+          only-trigger-phrase: '{only_run_on_request}'
           permit-all: true
           github-hooks: true
           black-list-target-branches:
@@ -81,6 +86,7 @@
           status-context: 'ci/centos/mini-e2e-helm/k8s-{k8s_version}'
           # yamllint disable-line rule:line-length
           trigger-phrase: '/(re)?test ((all)|(ci/centos/mini-e2e-helm(/k8s-{k8s_version})?))'
+          only-trigger-phrase: '{only_run_on_request}'
           permit-all: true
           github-hooks: true
           black-list-target-branches: