diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 2cfe13de..8c8970a1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ permissions:
   contents: write
 
 env:
-  EM_VERSION: 3.1.51
+  EM_VERSION: 3.1.52
   EM_CACHE_FOLDER: ".emsdk-cache"
 
 jobs:
@@ -31,13 +31,13 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup system libraries cache
         id: cache-system-libraries
-        uses: actions/cache@v2
+        uses: actions/cache@v4
         with:
           path: ${{ env.EM_CACHE_FOLDER }}
           key: ${{ env.EM_VERSION }}-${{ runner.os }}
 
       - name: Setup emsdk cache
-        uses: mymindstorm/setup-emsdk@v13
+        uses: mymindstorm/setup-emsdk@v14
         with:
           version: ${{ env.EM_VERSION }}
           actions-cache-folder: ${{ env.EM_CACHE_FOLDER }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 03582e86..797dead3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -1,12 +1,17 @@
 name: Release
 
 on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
   push:
     branches:
       - main
 
 concurrency: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
 
+env:
+  EM_VERSION: 3.1.52
+  EM_CACHE_FOLDER: ".emsdk-cache"
+
 jobs:
   release:
     name: Release
@@ -27,14 +32,56 @@ jobs:
         with:
           node-version-file: .nvmrc
 
+      - name: Setup System Libraries Cache
+        id: cache-system-libraries
+        uses: actions/cache@v4
+        with:
+          path: ${{ env.EM_CACHE_FOLDER }}
+          key: ${{ env.EM_VERSION }}-${{ runner.os }}
+
+      - name: Setup EMSDK
+        uses: mymindstorm/setup-emsdk@v14
+        with:
+          version: ${{ env.EM_VERSION }}
+          actions-cache-folder: ${{ env.EM_CACHE_FOLDER }}
+
       - name: Install Dependencies
         run: npm ci
 
       - name: Get Next Package Version
         id: package-version
-        run: echo "version=$(npx changeset status --output=release.json && jq -r '.releases[0].newVersion' release.json && rm release.json)" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+        run: echo "version=$(npx changeset status --output=release.json && jq -r '.releases[0].newVersion // '$(npm pkg get version)'' release.json && rm release.json)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+      - name: Manual Bump and Pack
+        if: ${{ github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' }}
+        run: |
+          npm run bump
+          npm run build:all
+          npm pack
+
+      - name: Get Commit ID
+        if: ${{ github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' }}
+        id: get-commit-id
+        run: |
+          echo "short-commit-id=$(git rev-parse --short $GITHUB_SHA)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "commit-id=$(git rev-parse $GITHUB_SHA)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+      - name: Manual Draft Release
+        if: ${{ github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' }}
+        uses: ncipollo/release-action@v1
+        with:
+          allowUpdates: true
+          artifacts: "zxing-wasm-${{ steps.package-version.outputs.version }}.tgz"
+          artifactContentType: application/gzip
+          body: "This is a draft release of zxing-wasm: ${{ steps.get-commit-id.outputs.short-commit-id }}."
+          commit: ${{ steps.get-commit-id.outputs.commit-id }}
+          tag: "v${{ steps.package-version.outputs.version }}-draft.${{ steps.get-commit-id.outputs.short-commit-id }}"
+          draft: true
+          name: "zxing-wasm v${{ steps.package-version.outputs.version }}-draft.${{ steps.get-commit-id.outputs.short-commit-id }}"
+          removeArtifacts: true
 
       - name: Create Release Pull Request or Publish to NPM
+        if: ${{ github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch' }}
         id: changesets
         uses: changesets/action@v1
         with:
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7f048f12..87a5895f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
   "scripts": {
     "update-hooks": "simple-git-hooks",
     "changeset": "changeset",
-    "bump": "changeset version 2>/dev/null | grep . && npm i",
+    "bump": "changeset version 2>/dev/null | grep . && npm i; exit 0",
     "submodule:init": "git submodule update --init",
     "submodule:update": "git submodule update --remote",
     "cmake": "emcmake cmake -S src/cpp -B build",