diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-release-npm.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-release-npm.yml
index 4b478a70ef..8dbf9f52ba 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-release-npm.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-release-npm.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,16 @@
 name: Publish NPM Package Release
 on:
   workflow_call:
+    inputs:
+      version:
+        required: true
+        type: string
   workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      version:
+        required: true
+        type: string
+        description: The version to release manually
 jobs:
   publish:
     name: Publish NPM Package Release
@@ -14,6 +23,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
+          ref: ${{ inputs.version }}
 
       - name: Using Node.js ${{ matrix.node-version }}
         uses: actions/setup-node@v3
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 28b1a14bbd..ab7ee4c273 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ jobs:
     name: Release
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     if: ${{ github.event.pull_request.merged == true && contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'release') }}
+    outputs:
+      version: ${{ steps.tagger.outputs.tagname }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout Release from lens
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
@@ -31,3 +33,6 @@ jobs:
   publish-npm:
     uses: ./.github/workflows/publish-release-npm.yml
     needs: release
+    if: ${{ jobs.release.outputs.version != '' }}
+    with:
+      version: ${{ jobs.release.outputs.version }}