diff --git a/.github/workflows/bump_version.yml b/.github/workflows/bump_version.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2ee5f1837
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/bump_version.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+name: Bump Version
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  # --- Bump version
+  bump-version:
+
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    environment: deploy-pypi-test
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+            token: ${{ secrets.MY_TOKEN }}
+      - name: Bump versions
+        uses: remorses/bump-version@js
+        with:
+            version_file: ./arcade/VERSION
+            prerelease_tag: rc
+        env:
+            GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.MY_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/push_build_to_prod_pypi.yml b/.github/workflows/push_build_to_prod_pypi.yml
index 1385b7b7f..7091b7d87 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/push_build_to_prod_pypi.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/push_build_to_prod_pypi.yml
@@ -2,38 +2,25 @@ name: Distribute build to PyPi Production
 
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      tag:
+        description: 'Tag to deploy'
+        required: true
+        type: string
 
 jobs:
-  # --- Bump version
-  bump-version:
-
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    environment: deploy-pypi-test
-
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-            token: ${{ secrets.MY_TOKEN }}
-      - name: Bump versions
-        uses: remorses/bump-version@js
-        with:
-            version_file: ./arcade/VERSION
-            prerelease_tag: rc
-        env:
-            GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.MY_TOKEN }}
 
   # --- Deploy to pypi
   deploy-to-pypi-prod:
 
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     environment: deploy-pypi-prod
-    needs: bump-version
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-tags: 'true'
+          ref: ${{ github.event.inputs.tag }}
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with: