diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 70782bb..1973eb3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,15 @@ name: Create Zeek release
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs:
-      tag:
+      zeek_ref:
+        required: false
+        type: string
+        defaut: 'main'
+      build_zeek_ref:
+        required: false
+        type: string
+        default: 'main'
+      release_tag:
         required: true
         type: string
 
@@ -20,6 +28,8 @@ jobs:
     steps:
     - name: Checkout build-zeek
       uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      with:
+        ref: ${{ inputs.build_zeek_ref }}
 
     - name: Setup Go
       uses: actions/setup-go@v3
@@ -30,7 +40,7 @@ jobs:
       uses: actions/checkout@v3
       with:
         repository: zeek/zeek
-        ref: ${{ inputs.tag }}
+        ref: ${{ inputs.zeek_ref }}
         fetch-depth: 1
         submodules: recursive
         path: zeek
@@ -93,6 +103,8 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Finish packaging release
       run: ./release.sh
+      env:
+        RELEASE_TAG: ${{ inputs.release_tag }}
       shell: sh
 
     - name: Upload artifact
@@ -107,5 +119,5 @@ jobs:
         repo_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         file: zeek-*.zip
         file_glob: true
-        tag: ${{ github.ref }}
+        tag: ${{ inputs.release_tag }}
         overwrite: true
diff --git a/release.sh b/release.sh
index d8f8cf6..66d7375 100755
--- a/release.sh
+++ b/release.sh
@@ -85,4 +85,4 @@ for d in base policy site builtin-plugins; do
     cp -R $zeekpath/share/zeek/$d zeek/share/zeek/
 done
 
-$zip -r zeek-taghere.$(go env GOOS)-$(go env GOARCH).zip zeek
+$zip -r zeek-$RELEASE_TAG.$(go env GOOS)-$(go env GOARCH).zip zeek