diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 86926be..13a71b5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@ on:
   push:
     tags:
       - 'v*.*.*'
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      tag_name:
+        description: 'Draft release tag (e.g. v0.4.5-test)'
+        required: true
+        default: 'v0.0.0-test'
 
 name: 🚀 Release on GitHub
 jobs:
@@ -64,11 +70,11 @@ jobs:
         run: |
             if [ -f CHANGELOG.md ]; then
                 # Extract version number from tag
-                VERSION_NUM=$(echo "${{ github.ref_name }}" | sed -E 's/^v([0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+)(-.*)?$/\1/')
+                VERSION_NUM=$(echo "${{ inputs.tag_name || github.ref_name }}" | sed -E 's/^v([0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+)(-.*)?$/\1/')
 
                 # Read and replace placeholders
                 CONTENT=$(cat CHANGELOG.md)
-                CONTENT=${CONTENT//<release_tag>/${{ github.ref_name }}}
+                CONTENT=${CONTENT//<release_tag>/${{ inputs.tag_name || github.ref_name }}}
                 CONTENT=${CONTENT//<version>/$VERSION_NUM}
 
                 echo "content<<EOF" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
@@ -85,11 +91,11 @@ jobs:
         run: |
             if (Test-Path "CHANGELOG.md") {
                 # Extract version number from tag
-                $version_num = "${{ github.ref_name }}" -replace '^v([0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+)(-.*)?$','$1'
+                $version_num = "${{ inputs.tag_name || github.ref_name }}" -replace '^v([0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+)(-.*)?$','$1'
 
                 # Read and replace placeholders
                 $content = Get-Content -Path CHANGELOG.md -Raw
-                $content = $content -replace '<release_tag>', "${{ github.ref_name }}"
+                $content = $content -replace '<release_tag>', "${{ inputs.tag_name || github.ref_name }}"
                 $content = $content -replace '<version>', "$version_num"
 
                 "content<<EOF" >> $env:GITHUB_OUTPUT
@@ -106,8 +112,8 @@ jobs:
           TAURI_SIGNING_PRIVATE_KEY: ${{ secrets.TAURI_SIGNING_PRIVATE_KEY }}
           TAURI_SIGNING_PRIVATE_KEY_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.TAURI_SIGNING_PRIVATE_KEY_PASSWORD }}
         with:
-          tagName: ${{ github.ref_name }}
-          releaseName: ${{ github.event.repository.name }}-${{ github.ref_name }}
+          tagName: ${{ inputs.tag_name || github.ref_name }}
+          releaseName: ${{ github.event.repository.name }}-${{ inputs.tag_name || github.ref_name }}
           releaseBody: ${{ (matrix.platform == 'windows-latest' || matrix.platform == 'windows-11-arm') && steps.changelog_windows.outputs.content || steps.changelog_unix.outputs.content }}
           releaseDraft: true
           prerelease: false