diff --git a/.github/actions/release-slack-bot/action.yml b/.github/actions/release-slack-bot/action.yml
index 3f8338372..287c3ab4d 100644
--- a/.github/actions/release-slack-bot/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/release-slack-bot/action.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 name: "Release Slack Bot"
 description: "Release Slack Bot"
 inputs:
+  release-tag:
+    required: true
+    description: "Release tag"
   slack-token:
     required: true
     description: "Slack token"
@@ -13,7 +16,7 @@ runs:
         method: chat.postMessage
         token: ${{ inputs.slack-token }}
         payload: |
-          username: ${{ job.status == 'success' && format('Released codegen@{0}', github.ref_name) || format('Failed to release codegen@{0}', github.ref_name) }}
+          username: ${{ job.status == 'success' && format('Released codegen@{0}', inputs.release-tag) || format('Failed to release codegen@{0}', inputs.release-tag) }}
           channel: "#release"
           icon_emoji: "${{ job.status == 'success' && ':white_check_mark:' || ':x:' }}"
           text: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/auto-release.yml b/.github/workflows/auto-release.yml
index 1445efd89..a1538661f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/auto-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/auto-release.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Semantic version
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     outputs:
-      tag: ${{ steps.semantic.outputs.git-tag }}
+      release-tag: ${{ steps.semantic.outputs.git-tag }}
     permissions:
       checks: read # to wait for required checks
       contents: write # to be able to publish a GitHub release
@@ -36,10 +36,10 @@ jobs:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
   release:
-    if: ${{ needs.semantic-version.outputs.tag }}
+    if: ${{ needs.semantic-version.outputs.release-tag }}
     needs: semantic-version
     uses: ./.github/workflows/release.yml
     permissions:
       contents: write
     with:
-      tag: ${{ needs.semantic-version.outputs.tag }}
+      release-tag: ${{ needs.semantic-version.outputs.release-tag }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 919ed5d73..e3ac75a9d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name: Build & Release
 on:
   workflow_call:
     inputs:
-      tag:
+      release-tag:
         required: true
         type: string
         description: Tag to release
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ on:
   #     tag:
   #       required: true
   #       type: string
-  #       description: Tag to release # TODO: create if it does not exist
+  #       description: Tag to release
   push:
     tags:
       - v*
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
-          ref: ${{ inputs.tag || github.event.pull_request.head.ref || github.ref }}
+          ref: ${{ inputs.release-tag || github.event.pull_request.head.ref || github.ref }}
 
       - name: Install UV
         uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v5.2
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ jobs:
           path: ./wheelhouse/*.whl
 
   release:
-    if: ${{ inputs.tag || startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/') }}
+    if: ${{ inputs.release-tag || startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/') }}
     needs: build
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     environment: release
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ jobs:
         id: github-release
         uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
         with:
-          tag_name: ${{ inputs.tag || github.ref_name }}
+          tag_name: ${{ inputs.release-tag || github.ref_name }}
           files: dist/*
           fail_on_unmatched_files: true
           generate_release_notes: ${{ startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/') }}
@@ -117,5 +117,5 @@ jobs:
         if: always()
         uses: ./.github/actions/release-slack-bot
         with:
-          release-tag: ${{ github.ref_name }}
+          release-tag: ${{ inputs.release-tag || github.ref_name }}
           slack-token: ${{ secrets.SLACK_BOT_TOKEN }}