diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-pr.yml b/.github/workflows/build-pr.yml
index c173718635..d048dd5298 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-pr.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-pr.yml
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 name: Build PR Artifacts
 
 on:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - main
+  workflow_dispatch:
   pull_request:
     branches:
       - main
@@ -38,15 +36,17 @@ jobs:
     - name: Get PR Number
       id: get_pr_number
       run: |
-        echo "GRADIO_VERSION=$(python -c 'import requests;print(requests.get("https://pypi.org/pypi/gradio/json").json()["info"]["version"])')" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
         if ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' }}; then
+          echo "GRADIO_VERSION=$(python -c 'import requests;print(requests.get("https://pypi.org/pypi/gradio/json").json()["info"]["version"])')" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           python -c "import os;print(os.environ['GITHUB_REF'].split('/')[2])" > pr_number.txt
           echo "PR_NUMBER=$(cat pr_number.txt)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
         else 
+          echo "GRADIO_VERSION=$(python -c 'import json; print(json.load(open("gradio/package.json"))["version"])')" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           echo "PR_NUMBER='main'" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
         fi
     - name: Build pr package
       run: |
+        python -c 'import json; j = json.load(open("gradio/package.json")); j["version"] = "${{ steps.get_pr_number.outputs.GRADIO_VERSION }}"; json.dump(j, open("gradio/package.json", "w"))'
         pnpm i --frozen-lockfile --ignore-scripts
         pnpm build
         python3 -m build -w
diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy-pr-to-spaces.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy-pr-to-spaces.yml
index bd9bac7c78..ccea12f12d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy-pr-to-spaces.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy-pr-to-spaces.yml
@@ -58,13 +58,15 @@ jobs:
         ${{ secrets.SPACES_DEPLOY_TOKEN }} \
         --gradio-version ${{ steps.set-outputs.outputs.gradio_version }} > url.txt
         echo "SPACE_URL=$(cat url.txt)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-    - name: Upload website demos 
+    - name: Upload Website Demos
       if: >
-        github.event.workflow_run.event == 'push' &&
+        github.event.workflow_run.event == 'workflow_dispatch' &&
         github.event.workflow_run.conclusion == 'success'
+      id: upload-website-demos
       run: |
         python scripts/upload_website_demos.py --AUTH_TOKEN ${{ secrets.SPACES_DEPLOY_TOKEN }} \
         --WHEEL_URL https://gradio-builds.s3.amazonaws.com/${{ steps.set-outputs.outputs.gh_sha }}/ \
+        --GRADIO_VERSION ${{ steps.set-outputs.outputs.gradio_version }}
 
   comment-spaces-success:
     uses: "./.github/workflows/comment-queue.yml"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-npm.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-npm.yml
index ff3adcadc6..ae8c75a86a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-npm.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-npm.yml
@@ -54,4 +54,8 @@ jobs:
           user: __token__
           passwords: |
             gradio:${{ secrets.PYPI_API_TOKEN }}
-            gradio_client:${{ secrets.PYPI_GRADIO_CLIENT_TOKEN }}
\ No newline at end of file
+            gradio_client:${{ secrets.PYPI_GRADIO_CLIENT_TOKEN }}
+      - name: trigger spaces deploy workflow
+        env: 
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.COMMENT_TOKEN }}
+        run: gh workflow run build-pr.yml
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scripts/upload_website_demos.py b/scripts/upload_website_demos.py
index 802ea96ee5..4757926731 100644
--- a/scripts/upload_website_demos.py
+++ b/scripts/upload_website_demos.py
@@ -11,13 +11,9 @@ import textwrap
 import huggingface_hub
 
 ROOT = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), ".."))
-VERSION_FILE = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(ROOT, "gradio", "package.json"))
 DIR = os.path.dirname(__file__)
 GRADIO_DEMO_DIR = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(ROOT, "demo"))
 
-with open(VERSION_FILE) as f:
-    version = json.load(f)["version"]
-
 # Reasoning:
 # 1. all_demos includes all demos and is for testing PRs
 # 2. reset_components includes media files that are only present in all_demos (only for PRs)
@@ -98,11 +94,12 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
     parser.add_argument("--WHEEL_URL", type=str, help="aws link to gradio wheel")
     parser.add_argument("--AUTH_TOKEN", type=str, help="huggingface auth token")
+    parser.add_argument("--GRADIO_VERSION", type=str, help="gradio version")
     args = parser.parse_args()
-    gradio_wheel_url = args.WHEEL_URL + f"gradio-{gradio_version}-py3-none-any.whl"
+    gradio_wheel_url = args.WHEEL_URL + f"gradio-{args.GRADIO_VERSION}-py3-none-any.whl"
     if args.AUTH_TOKEN is not None:
         hello_world_version = str(huggingface_hub.space_info("gradio/hello_world").cardData["sdk_version"])
         for demo in demos:
-            if hello_world_version != gradio_version:
-                upload_demo_to_space(demo_name=demo, space_id="gradio/" + demo, hf_token=args.AUTH_TOKEN, gradio_version=gradio_version)
-            upload_demo_to_space(demo_name=demo, space_id="gradio/" + demo + "_main", hf_token=args.AUTH_TOKEN, gradio_version=gradio_version, gradio_wheel_url=gradio_wheel_url)
+            if hello_world_version != args.GRADIO_VERSION:
+                upload_demo_to_space(demo_name=demo, space_id="gradio/" + demo, hf_token=args.AUTH_TOKEN, gradio_version=args.GRADIO_VERSION)
+            upload_demo_to_space(demo_name=demo, space_id="gradio/" + demo + "_main", hf_token=args.AUTH_TOKEN, gradio_version=args.GRADIO_VERSION, gradio_wheel_url=gradio_wheel_url)