diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 7599b0ba4..01fb354b2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ on:
         type: string
         description: Release number
         required: false
+      branch:
+        type: string
+        description: Release branch
+        required: false
 jobs:
   tag:
     name: Branch, Bump & tag
@@ -44,6 +48,7 @@ jobs:
           # However, we still need some placeholder version to test that the
           # version can be reliably bumped.
           version: ${{ inputs.version || '0.0.0' }}
+          branch: ${{ inputs.branch }}
           github-token: ${{ secrets.BOT_TOKEN_WORKFLOW }}
 
       - name: Checkout this repository