diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 0d0b3679d..5b76cbaa3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -43,11 +43,6 @@ jobs:
               ver=${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/}
           fi
           echo "ver=${ver}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          if echo $ver | grep -qE 'v[0-9\.]+(-alpha|-beta|-rc)[0-9]*'; then
-            echo "pre=true"  >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          else
-            echo "pre=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          fi
           fver=${ver#v}
           if [ "${{ matrix.variant }}" = "netconf" ]; then
               target=${{ matrix.platform }}-${fver}
@@ -106,6 +101,24 @@ jobs:
       contents: write
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Set Release Variables
+        run: |
+          if [ -n "${{ inputs.version }}" ]; then
+              ver=${{ inputs.version }}
+          else
+              ver=${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/}
+          fi
+          echo "ver=${ver}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          if echo $ver | grep -qE 'v[0-9.]+(-alpha|-beta|-rc)[0-9]*'; then
+            echo "pre=true"  >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          else
+            echo "pre=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          fi
+          if echo $ver | grep -qE '^v[0-9.]+\.[0-9.]+(\.[0-9]+)?$'; then
+            echo "latest=true"  >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          else
+            echo "latest=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          fi
       - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
         with:
           pattern: "artifact-*"
@@ -123,7 +136,8 @@ jobs:
       - uses: ncipollo/release-action@v1
         with:
           name: Infix ${{ github.ref_name }}
-          prerelease: ${{ needs.build.outputs.pre }}
+          prerelease: ${{ steps.release.outputs.pre }}
+          makeLatest: ${{ steps.release.outputs.latest }}
           bodyFile:  release.md
           artifacts: "*.tar.gz*"
       - name: Summary