diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-repo.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-repo.yml
index d19ced2..8dc3d5e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-repo.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-repo.yml
@@ -11,8 +11,20 @@ on:
       - "main"
       - "release-*"
   workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      shouldRelease:
+        description: 'Should a release be created?'
+        required: false
+        default: 'false'
 
   workflow_call:
+    inputs:
+      shouldRelease:
+        type: boolean
+        description: 'Should a release be created?'
+        required: false
+        default: false
+
     
 concurrency:
   group: ci-repo-${{ github.event_name }}-${{ github.ref }}
@@ -154,23 +166,33 @@ jobs:
     name: Release
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs: package
-    if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'
+    if: 
+      github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' &&
+      (github.event.inputs.shouldRelease == 'true' || github.event.inputs.shouldRelease == true)
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      
+      - name: Set up Node.js
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version-file: "vscode/.nvmrc"
 
       - name: Download VSIX artifacts
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
         with:
           path: ./artifacts
 
-      - name: Generate tag name
+      - name: Read version from package.json
+        id: get_version
+        run: echo "version=$(node -p \"require('./package.json').version\")" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+      - name: Generate tag name with timestamp
         id: vars
         shell: bash
         run: |
-          SHORT_SHA=$(echo "${GITHUB_SHA}" | cut -c1-8)
-          TAG_NAME="v0.0.1-dev-${SHORT_SHA}"
+          TAG_NAME="v${{ steps.get_version.outputs.version }}-dev+$(date +%Y%m%d)"
           echo "tag_name=$TAG_NAME" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
       - name: Create Pre-release
diff --git a/.github/workflows/nightly-ci-repo.yaml b/.github/workflows/nightly-ci-repo.yaml
index 2c1ef23..929b0dd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nightly-ci-repo.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nightly-ci-repo.yaml
@@ -9,3 +9,5 @@ on:
 jobs:
   nightly:
     uses: ./.github/workflows/ci-repo.yml
+    with:
+      shouldRelease: true
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