diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 899b77cd..fc811082 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,13 @@ on:
   push:
     tags:
       - "[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+*"
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      dry_run:
+        description: 'Dry run (no actual publish)'
+        required: false
+        type: boolean
+        default: false
 
 env:
   DEVELOPER_DIR: /Applications/Xcode_15.4.app/Contents/Developer
@@ -62,11 +69,18 @@ jobs:
           flutter-version: ${{ env.FLUTTER_VERSION }}
       - run: flutter pub get
 
-      - uses: dart-lang/setup-dart@v1
-      - name: Publish Dart/Flutter package
-        run: flutter pub publish --force
+      - name: Publish to pub.dev
+        if: ${{ !inputs.dry_run }}
+        uses: dart-lang/setup-dart/.github/workflows/publish.yml@v1
+
+      - name: Dry Run Publish to pub.dev
+        if: ${{ inputs.dry_run }}
+        uses: dart-lang/setup-dart/.github/workflows/publish.yml@v1
+        with:
+          dry-run: true
 
       - name: Github Release
+        if: ${{ !inputs.dry_run }}
         uses: actions/create-release@v1.0.1
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
@@ -88,6 +102,7 @@ jobs:
   release-docs:
     runs-on: macos-14-xlarge
     needs: [ ci, release-plugin ]
+    if: ${{ !inputs.dry_run }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3