diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index f33dcc6d53..6c05c4f684 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -16,6 +16,16 @@ on:
       - 'package.json'
       - 'yarn.lock'
  workflow_dispatch:
+  inputs:
+    versioning:
+      type: choice
+      description: "Versioning type: patch, minor, major"
+      default: patch
+      options:
+        - patch
+        - minor
+        - major
+      required: true
 
 env:
   # Posthog token used by ui at build time 
@@ -58,6 +68,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Publish budibase packages to NPM
         env:
           NPM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
+          RELEASE_VERSION_TYPE: ${{ github.event.inputs.version }}
         run: |
           # setup the username and email. I tend to use 'GitHub Actions Bot' with no email by default
           git config --global user.name "Budibase Release Bot"
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a1a63fa0b2..b787b4aee5 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     "bootstrap": "lerna bootstrap && lerna link && ./scripts/link-dependencies.sh",
     "build": "lerna run build",
     "build:dev": "lerna run prebuild && tsc --build --watch --preserveWatchOutput",
-    "release": "lerna publish patch --yes --force-publish && yarn release:pro",
+    "release": "lerna publish ${RELEASE_VERSION_TYPE:-patch} --yes --force-publish && yarn release:pro",
     "release:develop": "lerna publish prerelease --yes --force-publish --dist-tag develop && yarn release:pro:develop",
     "release:pro": "bash scripts/pro/release.sh",
     "release:pro:develop": "bash scripts/pro/release.sh develop",
@@ -84,4 +84,4 @@
     "install:pro": "bash scripts/pro/install.sh",
     "dep:clean": "yarn clean && yarn bootstrap"
   }
-}
+}
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