diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index 06e443fec..4c024094d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -3,6 +3,14 @@ on:
   release:
     types: [published]
   workflow_dispatch:
+      version:
+        description: 'Build version'
+        required: true
+        type: string
+      skip_tests:
+        description: 'Skip tests'
+        required: true        
+        type: boolean        
 
 env:
   REGISTRY: ghcr.io
@@ -15,9 +23,7 @@ jobs:
       packages: write
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          submodules: 'true'        
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4       
       - name: Log in to the Container registry
         uses: docker/login-action@v3.0.0
         with:
@@ -29,6 +35,24 @@ jobs:
         uses: docker/metadata-action@v5.5.1
         with:
           images: ${{ env.REGISTRY }}/${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}
+      - name: Configure build
+        id: configure-build
+        run: |
+          if [ ! -z "${{ github.release.name }}" ]; then
+            echo "release"
+            echo "version=${{ github.release.name }}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+            echo "skip-tests=false" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          elif [ ! -z "${{ github.inputs.version }}" ]; then
+            echo "manual"
+            echo "version=${{ github.inputs.version }}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+            echo "skip-tests=${{ github.inputs.skip_tests }}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          else
+            echo "snapshot"
+            echo "version=SNAPSHOT" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+            echo "skip-tests=true" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          fi        
+    outputs:
+      selected-stage: ${{ steps.select-stage.outputs.selected-stage }}          
       - name: Build and push Docker image
         uses: docker/build-push-action@v5.1.0
         with:
@@ -37,4 +61,5 @@ jobs:
           tags: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.tags }}
           labels: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.labels }}
           build-args: |
-            "VER=${{ github.event.release.name }}"
\ No newline at end of file
+            "VER=${{ steps.configure-build.outputs.version }}"
+            "SKIP_TESTS=${{ steps.configure-build.outputs.skip-tests }}"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 5e9e91eab..6f1279273 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ FROM ${CACHE} AS cache
 
 FROM maven:3-openjdk-17 AS build
 ARG VER=SNAPSHOT
+ARG SKIP_TESTS=false
 COPY ./src /tmp/src
 COPY ./pom.xml /tmp/pom.xml
 COPY ./user-console /tmp/user-console
@@ -14,7 +15,7 @@ RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.m2,source=/cache/.m2,from=cache \
     --mount=type=cache,target=/tmp/user-console/node_modules,source=/cache/user-console/node_modules,from=cache \ 
     --mount=type=cache,target=/tmp/dev-console/node_modules,source=/cache/dev-console/node_modules,from=cache \ 
     --mount=type=cache,target=/tmp/admin-console/node_modules,source=/cache/admin-console/node_modules,from=cache \ 
-    mvn -Drevision=${VER} package
+    mvn -Drevision=${VER} package -DskipTests=${SKIP_TESTS}
 
 FROM eclipse-temurin:17-jdk-alpine AS builder
 WORKDIR /tmp