diff --git a/.github/workflows/cicd-1-pull-request.yaml b/.github/workflows/cicd-1-pull-request.yaml
index fce0f0e..a969f9c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cicd-1-pull-request.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cicd-1-pull-request.yaml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ jobs:
       python_version: ${{ steps.variables.outputs.python_version }}
       terraform_version: ${{ steps.variables.outputs.terraform_version }}
       version: ${{ steps.variables.outputs.version }}
+      is_version_prerelease: ${{ steps.pr_exists.outputs.is_version_prerelease }}
       does_pull_request_exist: ${{ steps.pr_exists.outputs.does_pull_request_exist }}
     steps:
       - name: "Checkout code"
@@ -42,6 +43,8 @@ jobs:
           echo "python_version=$(grep "^nodejs" .tool-versions | cut -f2 -d' ')" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           echo "terraform_version=$(grep "^terraform" .tool-versions | cut -f2 -d' ')" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           echo "version=$(head -n 1 .version 2> /dev/null || echo unknown)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "is_version_prerelease=$(if [[ $a == *-* ]] then echo "true"; else echo "false"; fi)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
       - name: "Check if pull request exists for this branch"
         id: pr_exists
         env:
@@ -98,7 +101,7 @@ jobs:
     name: "Build stage"
     needs: [metadata, test-stage]
     uses: ./.github/workflows/stage-3-build.yaml
-    if: needs.metadata.outputs.does_pull_request_exist == 'true' || (github.event_name == 'pull_request' && (github.event.action == 'opened' || github.event.action == 'reopened')) || (github.event.action == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/main')
+    if: needs.metadata.outputs.does_pull_request_exist == 'true' || (github.event_name == 'pull_request' && (github.event.action == 'opened' || github.event.action == 'reopened')) || (github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/main')
     with:
       build_datetime: "${{ needs.metadata.outputs.build_datetime }}"
       build_timestamp: "${{ needs.metadata.outputs.build_timestamp }}"
@@ -112,7 +115,7 @@ jobs:
     name: "Acceptance stage"
     needs: [metadata, build-stage]
     uses: ./.github/workflows/stage-4-acceptance.yaml
-    if: needs.metadata.outputs.does_pull_request_exist == 'true' || (github.event_name == 'pull_request' && (github.event.action == 'opened' || github.event.action == 'reopened')) || (github.event.action == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/main')
+    if: needs.metadata.outputs.does_pull_request_exist == 'true' || (github.event_name == 'pull_request' && (github.event.action == 'opened' || github.event.action == 'reopened')) || (github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/main')
     with:
       build_datetime: "${{ needs.metadata.outputs.build_datetime }}"
       build_timestamp: "${{ needs.metadata.outputs.build_timestamp }}"
@@ -135,4 +138,5 @@ jobs:
       python_version: "${{ needs.metadata.outputs.python_version }}"
       terraform_version: "${{ needs.metadata.outputs.terraform_version }}"
       version: "${{ needs.metadata.outputs.version }}"
+      is_version_prerelease: "${{ needs.metadata.outputs.is_version_prerelease }}"
     secrets: inherit
diff --git a/.github/workflows/stage-5-publish.yaml b/.github/workflows/stage-5-publish.yaml
index c8fa389..da126b2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/stage-5-publish.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/stage-5-publish.yaml
@@ -31,7 +31,10 @@ on:
         description: "Version of the software, set by the CI/CD pipeline workflow"
         required: true
         type: string
-
+      is_version_prerelease:
+        description: "Is this a semantically versioned pre release, set by the CI/CD pipeline workflow"
+        required: true
+        type: string
 jobs:
   publish:
     name: "Publish packages"
@@ -57,7 +60,7 @@ jobs:
           body: |
             Release of ${{ inputs.version }}
           draft: false
-          prerelease: false
+          prerelease: ${{ inputs.is_version_prerelease }}
       - name: "Upload jeykll docs release asset"
         uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1
         env:
@@ -67,7 +70,16 @@ jobs:
           asset_path: ./artifacts
           asset_name: jekyll-docs-${{ inputs.version }}.tar.gz
           asset_content_type: "application/gzip"
-      # - name: "Upload release asset"
+      # - name: "Upload other release asset 1"
+      #   uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1
+      #   env:
+      #     GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      #   with:
+      #     upload_url: "${{ steps.create_release.outputs.upload_url }}"
+      #     asset_path: ./*
+      #     asset_name: repository-template-${{ inputs.version }}.tar.gz
+      #     asset_content_type: "application/gzip"
+      # - name: "Upload other release asset 2"
       #   uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1
       #   env:
       #     GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}