diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 7e0ef14..983c1a7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@ on:
   push:
     tags:
       - "v*"
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      tag:
+        description: Existing release tag to build and publish
+        required: true
+        type: string
 
 permissions:
   contents: read
@@ -14,12 +20,14 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ inputs.tag || github.ref }}
       - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
         with:
           components: clippy, rustfmt
       - name: Validate release tag and package versions
         env:
-          RELEASE_TAG: ${{ github.ref_name }}
+          RELEASE_TAG: ${{ inputs.tag || github.ref_name }}
         run: python3 scripts/check-release-version.py --tag "$RELEASE_TAG"
       - name: Check Rust workspace
         run: |
@@ -47,6 +55,8 @@ jobs:
           - aarch64-unknown-linux-musl
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ inputs.tag || github.ref }}
       - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
         with:
           targets: ${{ matrix.target }}
@@ -54,7 +64,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: sigstore/cosign-installer@6f9f17788090df1f26f669e9d70d6ae9567deba6 # v4.1.2
       - name: Build sc
         run: cross build --locked --release --target "${{ matrix.target }}" --bin sc
-      - name: Package binary
+      - name: Package and validate binary
         env:
           TARGET: ${{ matrix.target }}
         run: |
@@ -68,7 +78,11 @@ jobs:
           cosign sign-blob --yes \
             --bundle "dist/sc-$TARGET.tar.gz.sha256.sigstore.json" \
             "dist/sc-$TARGET.tar.gz.sha256"
-          "target/$TARGET/release/sc" --version
+          if [[ "$TARGET" == "x86_64-unknown-linux-musl" ]]; then
+            "target/$TARGET/release/sc" --version
+          else
+            file "target/$TARGET/release/sc" | grep -F "ARM aarch64"
+          fi
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: sc-${{ matrix.target }}
@@ -92,6 +106,7 @@ jobs:
           merge-multiple: true
       - uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
         with:
+          tag_name: ${{ inputs.tag || github.ref_name }}
           generate_release_notes: true
           fail_on_unmatched_files: true
           files: dist/*