diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index 48bf8442a5f..48d5f7374e2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -2,11 +2,6 @@ name: Release
 
 on:
     workflow_dispatch:
-        inputs:
-            release_type:
-                description: "Type of release (prerelease, prepatch, patch, minor, preminor, major)"
-                required: true
-                default: "patch"
 
 jobs:
     release:
@@ -53,6 +48,10 @@ jobs:
                   # Checkout the latest tag
                   git checkout $LATEST_TAG
 
+                  # Clean any untracked files that differ from the latest tag and reset any changes
+                  git clean -fd
+                  git reset --hard $LATEST_TAG
+
                   npx lerna publish from-git --yes --dist-tag latest
               env:
                   NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}