diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index dcface6..64a53d6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ on:
     tags:
       - "v*"
   workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      tag:
+        description: "Existing tag to publish (e.g. v0.2.0). Leave empty for a non-release build from this ref."
+        required: false
+        type: string
 
 permissions:
   contents: write
@@ -17,6 +22,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@fbc6f3992d24b796d5a048ff273f7fcc4a7b6c09 # v5.1.0
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
+          ref: ${{ inputs.tag || github.ref }}
 
       - name: Setup Node
         uses: actions/setup-node@a0853c24544627f65ddf259abe73b1d18a591444 # v5.0.0
@@ -65,11 +71,18 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Resolve version
         id: version
+        env:
+          INPUT_TAG: ${{ inputs.tag }}
         run: |
           if [[ "${GITHUB_REF_TYPE}" == "tag" ]]; then
             echo "version=${GITHUB_REF_NAME#v}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+            echo "release_tag=${GITHUB_REF_NAME}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          elif [[ -n "${INPUT_TAG}" ]]; then
+            echo "version=${INPUT_TAG#v}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+            echo "release_tag=${INPUT_TAG}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
           else
             echo "version=0.0.0-dev.${GITHUB_SHA::7}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+            echo "release_tag=" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
           fi
 
       - name: Build binaries
@@ -99,13 +112,14 @@ jobs:
           retention-days: 14
 
       - name: Upload release assets
-        if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v')
+        if: steps.version.outputs.release_tag != ''
         env:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          RELEASE_TAG: ${{ steps.version.outputs.release_tag }}
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail
-          gh release create "${GITHUB_REF_NAME}" \
-            --title "${GITHUB_REF_NAME}" \
+          gh release create "${RELEASE_TAG}" \
+            --title "${RELEASE_TAG}" \
             --generate-notes \
             dist/binaries/*.tar.gz \
             dist/binaries/*.zip \