diff --git a/.github/workflows/dev-release.yml b/.github/workflows/dev-release.yml
index 82772a01..53ac5e35 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dev-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dev-release.yml
@@ -60,5 +60,6 @@ jobs:
     needs: prepare-dev
     uses: ./.github/workflows/manual-npm-publish.yml
     with:
+      version: ${{ needs.prepare-dev.outputs.version }}
       dist_tag: dev
     secrets: inherit
diff --git a/.github/workflows/manual-npm-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/manual-npm-publish.yml
index d67647ca..86b8768a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/manual-npm-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/manual-npm-publish.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@ name: Manual NPM Publish
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs:
+      version:
+        description: "Version to publish (e.g. 0.2.0-dev)"
+        required: false
+        type: string
       dist_tag:
         description: "npm dist-tag"
         required: false
@@ -10,6 +14,9 @@ on:
         type: string
   workflow_call:
     inputs:
+      version:
+        required: true
+        type: string
       dist_tag:
         required: false
         type: string
@@ -47,11 +54,18 @@ jobs:
         run: npm run build --workspace @neuralnomads/codenomad
 
       - name: Set publish metadata
+        shell: bash
         run: |
-          VERSION=$(node -p "require('./package.json').version")
-          echo "VERSION=$VERSION" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+          VERSION_INPUT="${{ inputs.version }}"
+          if [ -z "$VERSION_INPUT" ]; then
+            VERSION_INPUT=$(node -p "require('./package.json').version")
+          fi
+          echo "VERSION=$VERSION_INPUT" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
           echo "DIST_TAG=${{ inputs.dist_tag || 'dev' }}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
 
+      - name: Bump package version for publish
+        run: npm version ${VERSION} --workspaces --include-workspace-root --no-git-tag-version --allow-same-version
+
       - name: Publish server package with provenance
         env:
           NPM_CONFIG_PROVENANCE: true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 56839fce..20da38b0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -77,5 +77,6 @@ jobs:
     needs: prepare-release
     uses: ./.github/workflows/manual-npm-publish.yml
     with:
+      version: ${{ needs.prepare-release.outputs.version }}
       dist_tag: latest
     secrets: inherit