diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish_maven.yml b/.github/workflows/publish_maven.yml
index e92eab80..108962d3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish_maven.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish_maven.yml
@@ -1,14 +1,20 @@
 name: Publish package to the Maven Central Repository
 
 on:
-  release:
-    types: [created]
-
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      version:
+        description: "Version of xcall-lib to publish"
+        required: true
 jobs:
   publish:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Set version for xcall-lib
+        working-directory: contracts/javascore
+        run: |
+          sed -i "s/version = .*/version = '${{ github.event.inputs.version }}'/" xcall-lib/build.gradle
       - name: Build jar
         working-directory: contracts/javascore
         run: ./gradlew clean build