diff --git a/.github/workflows/auto_release.yml b/.github/workflows/auto_release.yml
index c39649a..6f64a7a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/auto_release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/auto_release.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@ on:
     branches:
       - main
   workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      force_publish:
+        description: 'Force publish all crates to crates.io regardless of release-please output'
+        type: boolean
+        required: false
+        default: false
 
 permissions:
   contents: write
@@ -21,19 +27,19 @@ jobs:
           config-file: release-please-config.json
           manifest-file: .release-please-manifest.json
 
-      # If a release was created (PR was merged), we proceed to publish
+      # If a release was created (PR was merged) or force_publish is requested, we proceed to publish
       - name: Checkout Code
-        if: ${{ steps.release.outputs.release_created }}
+        if: ${{ inputs.force_publish || steps.release.outputs.releases_created == 'true' || steps.release.outputs.release_created == 'true' || steps.release.outputs['rust_icu--release_created'] == 'true' }}
         uses: actions/checkout@11d5960a326750d5838078e36cf38b85af677262 # v4
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
 
       - name: Install System Dependencies
-        if: ${{ steps.release.outputs.release_created }}
+        if: ${{ inputs.force_publish || steps.release.outputs.releases_created == 'true' || steps.release.outputs.release_created == 'true' || steps.release.outputs['rust_icu--release_created'] == 'true' }}
         run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y libicu-dev pkg-config llvm llvm-dev clang
 
       - name: Setup Bazel
-        if: ${{ steps.release.outputs.release_created }}
+        if: ${{ inputs.force_publish || steps.release.outputs.releases_created == 'true' || steps.release.outputs.release_created == 'true' || steps.release.outputs['rust_icu--release_created'] == 'true' }}
         uses: bazel-contrib/setup-bazel@c5acdfb288317d0b5c0bbd7a396a3dc868bb0f86 # 0.19.0
         with:
           bazelisk-cache: true
@@ -41,7 +47,7 @@ jobs:
           repository-cache: true
 
       - name: Bazel Publish
-        if: ${{ steps.release.outputs.release_created }}
+        if: ${{ inputs.force_publish || steps.release.outputs.releases_created == 'true' || steps.release.outputs.release_created == 'true' || steps.release.outputs['rust_icu--release_created'] == 'true' }}
         env:
           CARGO_REGISTRY_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CARGO_REGISTRY_TOKEN }}
         run: bazel run //bazel:publish_all