diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index dba54fa298..630eb44eb4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ on:
 #    tags:
 #      - "v*" # Push events to matching v*, i.e. v1.0, v20.15.10
   workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      force:
+        description: 'Force push this release'
 
 jobs:
   upload_fluvio_cli:
@@ -41,11 +44,13 @@ jobs:
         env:
           AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: ${{ secrets.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
           AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: ${{ secrets.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
+          FORCE_RELEASE: ${{ github.event.inputs.force}}
 
       - name: Build and upload release to github
         run: cargo make -l verbose --profile production github-release-upload
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.ACTION_RELEASE }}
+          FORCE_RELEASE: ${{ github.event.inputs.force}}
 
 
   release_fluvio_pi:
diff --git a/makefiles/Github.toml b/makefiles/Github.toml
index e3d8c7b3c5..07e38223b9 100644
--- a/makefiles/Github.toml
+++ b/makefiles/Github.toml
@@ -36,6 +36,14 @@ args = [
     "--tag", "v${FLUVIO_VERSION}",
     "--name", "fluvio-v${FLUVIO_VERSION}-${TARGET}",
     "--file", "./target/${TARGET}/release/fluvio",
+    "${GITHUB_RELEASE_FORCE}",
+]
+env_scripts = [
+'''
+if [ "${FORCE_RELEASE}" = "--force" ]; then
+    set_env GITHUB_RELEASE_FORCE "--replace"
+fi
+'''
 ]
 
 [tasks.github-release-create-pre-release]
diff --git a/makefiles/S3.toml b/makefiles/S3.toml
index 2929dab4a7..b503315ef5 100644
--- a/makefiles/S3.toml
+++ b/makefiles/S3.toml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ dependencies = [
 script = '''
 mkdir -p ~/.fluvio/extensions
 ./target/${TARGET}/release/fluvio install fluvio/fluvio-package;
-./target/${TARGET}/release/fluvio package publish ./target/${TARGET}/release/fluvio --version=${FLUVIO_VERSION};
+./target/${TARGET}/release/fluvio package publish ./target/${TARGET}/release/fluvio --version=${FLUVIO_VERSION} ${FORCE_RELEASE};
 ./target/${TARGET}/release/fluvio package bump latest;
 '''