diff --git a/.github/workflows/release_python.yml b/.github/workflows/release_python.yml
index a721355198..77abd91c8f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release_python.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release_python.yml
@@ -18,14 +18,10 @@
 name: Publish Python 🐍 distribution 📦 to PyPI
 
 on:
-  push:
-    tags:
-      - "*"
-  pull_request:
-    branches:
-      - main
-    paths:
-      - ".github/workflows/release_python.yml"
+  workflow_run:
+    workflows: ["Publish"] # Trigger this workflow after the "publish.yml" workflow completes
+    types:
+      - completed
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 env:
@@ -39,8 +35,16 @@ permissions:
   contents: read
 
 jobs:
+  check-cargo-publish:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    # Only run if the triggering workflow succeeded OR if manually triggered
+    if: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.conclusion == 'success' || github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' }}
+    steps:
+      - run: echo 'The Publish workflow passed or was manually triggered'
+
   sdist:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: [check-cargo-publish]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: PyO3/maturin-action@v1
@@ -56,6 +60,7 @@ jobs:
 
   wheels:
     runs-on: "${{ matrix.os }}"
+    needs: [check-cargo-publish]
     strategy:
       matrix:
         include:
@@ -94,8 +99,8 @@ jobs:
     name: Publish Python 🐍 distribution 📦 to Pypi
     needs: [sdist, wheels]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    # Only publish to PyPi if the tag is not a pre-release
-    if: ${{ startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/') && !contains(github.ref, '-') }}
+    # Only publish to PyPi if the tag is not a pre-release OR if manually triggered
+    if: ${{ (startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/') && !contains(github.ref, '-')) || github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' }}
 
     environment:
       name: pypi
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 10fa7621eb..d2d6bb6514 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3499,7 +3499,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "expect-test",
  "fnv",
  "futures",
- "iceberg-catalog-memory",
  "iceberg_test_utils",
  "itertools 0.13.0",
  "moka",
diff --git a/crates/iceberg/Cargo.toml b/crates/iceberg/Cargo.toml
index 471b0cbe9f..3324a4e9e3 100644
--- a/crates/iceberg/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/iceberg/Cargo.toml
@@ -90,7 +90,6 @@ zstd = { workspace = true }
 [dev-dependencies]
 ctor = { workspace = true }
 expect-test = { workspace = true }
-iceberg-catalog-memory = { workspace = true }
 iceberg_test_utils = { path = "../test_utils", features = ["tests"] }
 pretty_assertions = { workspace = true }
 rand = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/crates/iceberg/src/lib.rs b/crates/iceberg/src/lib.rs
index 556ff3e02f..6de2038985 100644
--- a/crates/iceberg/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/iceberg/src/lib.rs
@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@
 //!
 //! ## Scan A Table
 //!
-//! ```rust, no_run
+//! ```rust, ignore
+//! // This example uses `iceberg_catalog_memory`, which isn't enabled by default.
+//! // To run this, add `iceberg-catalog-memory` as a dependency in your Cargo.toml.
 //! use futures::TryStreamExt;
 //! use iceberg::io::{FileIO, FileIOBuilder};
 //! use iceberg::{Catalog, Result, TableIdent};
diff --git a/crates/iceberg/src/writer/mod.rs b/crates/iceberg/src/writer/mod.rs
index 2a6aa802bf..26e1991911 100644
--- a/crates/iceberg/src/writer/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/iceberg/src/writer/mod.rs
@@ -38,7 +38,9 @@
 //! own writer and implement writer trait for them so that the custom writer can integrate with existing writer. (See following example)
 //!
 //! # Simple example for the data file writer used parquet physical format:
-//! ```rust, no_run
+//! ```rust, ignore
+//! // This example uses `iceberg_catalog_memory`, which isn't enabled by default.
+//! // To run this, add `iceberg-catalog-memory` as a dependency in your Cargo.toml.
 //! use std::sync::Arc;
 //!
 //! use arrow_array::{ArrayRef, BooleanArray, Int32Array, RecordBatch, StringArray};
@@ -95,7 +97,9 @@
 //! ```
 //!
 //! # Custom writer to record latency
-//! ```rust, no_run
+//! ```rust, ignore
+//! // This example uses `iceberg_catalog_memory`, which isn't enabled by default.
+//! // To run this, add `iceberg-catalog-memory` as a dependency in your Cargo.toml.
 //! use std::time::Instant;
 //!
 //! use arrow_array::RecordBatch;