diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 43dd49d6798..753f372ae76 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@ on:
         description: 'pre-release'
         required: false
         default: false
+      skip_versioning:
+        type: boolean
+        description: 'Skip lerna version step'
+        required: false
+        default: false
 
 jobs:
   test:
@@ -81,6 +86,7 @@ jobs:
           yarn install --immutable
 
       - name: version
+        if: github.event.inputs.skip_versioning != 'true'
         run: |
           npm config set //registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken=${NODE_AUTH_TOKEN}
 
@@ -92,6 +98,7 @@ jobs:
             --create-release github
         env:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.ACCESS_TOKEN }}
+          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_AUTH_TOKEN }}
           NPM_CONFIG_PROVENANCE: true
 
       - name: build
@@ -101,6 +108,7 @@ jobs:
         run: ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/node_modules/.bin/lerna publish from-git
         env:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.ACCESS_TOKEN }}
+          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_AUTH_TOKEN }}
           NPM_CONFIG_PROVENANCE: true
 
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