diff --git a/.github/actions/ensure-release-branch/action.yml b/.github/actions/ensure-release-branch/action.yml
index d58b3d8..b18775f 100644
--- a/.github/actions/ensure-release-branch/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/ensure-release-branch/action.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ inputs:
   release_tag:
     description: 'Release tag to build'
     required: true
+  release_branch:
+    description: 'Existing release branch'
+    required: false
   allow_modify:
     description: 'Allow modifying the repository'
     default: false
@@ -26,4 +29,4 @@ runs:
         GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ inputs.gh_token }}
       shell: bash
       run: |
-        ${{ github.action_path }}/ensure-release-branch.sh ${{ inputs.allow_modify == 'true' && '--allow-modify' || '' }} ${{ inputs.release_tag }}
+        ${{ github.action_path }}/ensure-release-branch.sh ${{ inputs.allow_modify == 'true' && '--allow-modify' || '' }} ${{ inputs.release_branch != "" && format('--release-branch {0}', inputs.release_branch) || '' }} ${{ inputs.release_tag }}
diff --git a/.github/actions/ensure-release-branch/ensure-release-branch.sh b/.github/actions/ensure-release-branch/ensure-release-branch.sh
index e5597f4..3c949d7 100755
--- a/.github/actions/ensure-release-branch/ensure-release-branch.sh
+++ b/.github/actions/ensure-release-branch/ensure-release-branch.sh
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ SCRIPT_DIR="$(dirname -- "$( readlink -f -- "$0"; )")"
 # Parse arguments
 ALLOW_MODIFY=""
 TAG=""
+RELEASE_BRANCH=""
 
 while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
     case $1 in
@@ -29,6 +30,11 @@ while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
             ALLOW_MODIFY=1
             shift
             ;;
+        --release-branch)
+            RELEASE_BRANCH="$2"
+            shift
+            shift
+            ;;
         -*)
             echo "Error: Unknown option $1"
             exit 1
@@ -47,7 +53,7 @@ done
 
 if [ -z "$TAG" ]; then
     echo "Error: TAG is required as argument"
-    echo "Usage: $0 [--allow-modify] <TAG>"
+    echo "Usage: $0 [--allow-modify] [--release-branch BRANCH] <TAG>"
     exit 1
 fi
 
@@ -59,8 +65,11 @@ echo "release_version_branch=$RELEASE_VERSION_BRANCH" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
 echo "TAG: $TAG"
 echo "RELEASE_VERSION_BRANCH: $RELEASE_VERSION_BRANCH"
 
-# Detect RELEASE_BRANCH name (release/X.Y format)
-RELEASE_BRANCH="release/$(echo "$TAG" | grep -Po '^\d+\.\d+')"
+if [ -z "$RELEASE_BRANCH" ]; then
+    # Detect RELEASE_BRANCH name (release/X.Y format)
+    RELEASE_BRANCH="release/$(echo "$TAG" | grep -Po '^\d+\.\d+')"
+fi
+
 echo "RELEASE_BRANCH: $RELEASE_BRANCH"
 echo "release_branch=$RELEASE_BRANCH" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"