diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index dfa2903548..2c147875ad 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ on:
     tags:
       - "v[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+"
       - "v[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+-[a-z]+"
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      tag:
+        description: "The tag to release."
+        required: true
 
 permissions:
   id-token: write
@@ -38,6 +43,9 @@ jobs:
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
       - run: git fetch --tags --force origin # WA: https://github.com/actions/checkout/issues/882
+      - name: Switch to tag if specified
+        if: "${{ github.event.inputs.tag != '' }}"
+        run: git checkout ${{ github.event.inputs.tag }}
       - name: Install Protoc
         uses: arduino/setup-protoc@v1
         with:
@@ -62,7 +70,13 @@ jobs:
       - name: Start sccache server
         run: sccache --start-server
       - name: Install cargo-about
+        if: "!startsWith(runner.os, 'Windows')"
         run: curl -k https://installer.heliax.click/EmbarkStudios/cargo-about@0.5.7! | bash
+      - name: Install cargo-about
+        if: startsWith(runner.os, 'Windows')
+        run: |
+          curl -k https://installer.heliax.click/EmbarkStudios/cargo-about@0.5.7 | bash
+          echo "::add-path::$GITHUB_WORKSPACE"
       - name: ${{ matrix.make.name }}
         run: make ${{ matrix.make.command }}
       - name: Upload binaries package
@@ -84,6 +98,7 @@ jobs:
   release:
     needs: build
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    if: success() || failure()
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix: