diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index 9a1d5afe2..e4a536794 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -50,4 +50,4 @@ jobs:
     - name: "Run release script"
       # We defined everything as a script such that we can also run it manually/locally
       # Release contains building the artifacts, creating GitHub release, and publishing docker image
-      run: ./release.sh
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+      run: ./release.sh ${{ github.event.inputs.message }}
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