diff --git a/airbyte-ci/connectors/pipelines/README.md b/airbyte-ci/connectors/pipelines/README.md
index 0c9bdc2312022..f833ba7e8a2d9 100644
--- a/airbyte-ci/connectors/pipelines/README.md
+++ b/airbyte-ci/connectors/pipelines/README.md
@@ -408,6 +408,7 @@ This command runs the Python tests for a airbyte-ci poetry package.
 ## Changelog
 | Version | PR                                                         | Description                                                                                               |
 | ------- | ---------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| 2.4.0   | [#31716](https://github.com/airbytehq/airbyte/pull/31716)  | Enable pre-release publish with local CDK.
 | 2.3.1   | [#31748](https://github.com/airbytehq/airbyte/pull/31748)  | Use AsyncClick library instead of base Click.                                                             |
 | 2.3.0   | [#31699](https://github.com/airbytehq/airbyte/pull/31699)  | Support optional concurrent CAT execution.                                                                |
 | 2.2.6   | [#31752](https://github.com/airbytehq/airbyte/pull/31752)  | Only authenticate when secrets are available.
diff --git a/airbyte-ci/connectors/pipelines/pipelines/airbyte_ci/connectors/publish/commands.py b/airbyte-ci/connectors/pipelines/pipelines/airbyte_ci/connectors/publish/commands.py
index 2b48905d8f669..fc06b1a285bc5 100644
--- a/airbyte-ci/connectors/pipelines/pipelines/airbyte_ci/connectors/publish/commands.py
+++ b/airbyte-ci/connectors/pipelines/pipelines/airbyte_ci/connectors/publish/commands.py
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ async def publish(
                 pull_request=ctx.obj.get("pull_request"),
                 s3_build_cache_access_key_id=ctx.obj.get("s3_build_cache_access_key_id"),
                 s3_build_cache_secret_key=ctx.obj.get("s3_build_cache_secret_key"),
+                use_local_cdk=ctx.obj.get("use_local_cdk"),
             )
             for connector in ctx.obj["selected_connectors_with_modified_files"]
         ]
diff --git a/airbyte-ci/connectors/pipelines/pipelines/airbyte_ci/connectors/publish/context.py b/airbyte-ci/connectors/pipelines/pipelines/airbyte_ci/connectors/publish/context.py
index 064f885643c08..633c19e17b3fd 100644
--- a/airbyte-ci/connectors/pipelines/pipelines/airbyte_ci/connectors/publish/context.py
+++ b/airbyte-ci/connectors/pipelines/pipelines/airbyte_ci/connectors/publish/context.py
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ def __init__(
         pull_request: PullRequest = None,
         s3_build_cache_access_key_id: Optional[str] = None,
         s3_build_cache_secret_key: Optional[str] = None,
+        use_local_cdk: Optional[bool] = False,
     ):
         self.pre_release = pre_release
         self.spec_cache_bucket_name = spec_cache_bucket_name
@@ -50,6 +51,9 @@ def __init__(
         pipeline_name = f"Publish {connector.technical_name}"
         pipeline_name = pipeline_name + " (pre-release)" if pre_release else pipeline_name
 
+        if use_local_cdk and not self.pre_release:
+            raise click.UsageError("Publishing with the local CDK is only supported for pre-release publishing.")
+
         super().__init__(
             pipeline_name=pipeline_name,
             connector=connector,
@@ -66,6 +70,7 @@ def __init__(
             reporting_slack_channel=reporting_slack_channel,
             ci_gcs_credentials=ci_gcs_credentials,
             should_save_report=True,
+            use_local_cdk=use_local_cdk,
             docker_hub_username=docker_hub_username,
             docker_hub_password=docker_hub_password,
             s3_build_cache_access_key_id=s3_build_cache_access_key_id,
diff --git a/airbyte-ci/connectors/pipelines/pyproject.toml b/airbyte-ci/connectors/pipelines/pyproject.toml
index 82e7a5a3300aa..6e61bd496f338 100644
--- a/airbyte-ci/connectors/pipelines/pyproject.toml
+++ b/airbyte-ci/connectors/pipelines/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "poetry.core.masonry.api"
 
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "pipelines"
-version = "2.3.1"
+version = "2.4.0"
 description = "Packaged maintained by the connector operations team to perform CI for connectors' pipelines"
 authors = ["Airbyte <contact@airbyte.io>"]