diff --git a/.github/workflows/reusable-build-test-release.yml b/.github/workflows/reusable-build-test-release.yml
index 3be35f712..1356e623a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/reusable-build-test-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/reusable-build-test-release.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,21 @@ on:
         type: string
         default: >-
           [""]
+      custom-version:
+        required: false
+        description: 'Version of release in the form of "x.x.x" string, specified by user instead of automatically generated semantic release'
+        type: string
+        default: ""
+      execute-tests-on-push-to-develop:
+        required: false
+        description: 'Flag to run all tests on push to develop branch'
+        type: string
+        default: 'false'
+      execute-tests-on-push-to-release:
+        required: false
+        description: 'Flag to run all tests on push to release branch'
+        type: string
+        default: 'false'
       k8s-environment:
         required: false
         description: Specifies which environment to use for k8s testing. ["production", "staging"]
@@ -77,6 +92,24 @@ concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.head_ref || github.run_id }}
   cancel-in-progress: true
 jobs:
+  validate-custom-version:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: ${{ github.event.inputs.custom-version != '' }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Validate custom version
+        run: |
+          if [[ ! ${{ github.event.inputs.custom-version }} =~ ^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$ ]]; then
+            echo "Invalid custom version provided. Please provide a valid semver version."
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+          git fetch --tags
+          if [ "$(git tag -l 'v${{ github.event.inputs.custom-version }}')" ]; then
+            echo "The provided version already exists. Please provide a unique version."
+            exit 1
+          fi
+          
   setup-workflow:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     outputs:
@@ -140,7 +173,10 @@ jobs:
             fi
             ;;
           "push")
-            if ${{ github.ref_name == 'main' }} || ${{ github.ref_name == 'develop' }} || ${{ github.ref_type == 'tag' }} ; then
+            if ${{ github.ref_name == 'main' }} ||
+            ${{ github.ref_name == 'develop' && inputs.execute-tests-on-push-to-develop == 'true' }} ||
+            ${{ startsWith(github.ref_name, 'release/') && inputs.execute-tests-on-push-to-release == 'true' }} ||
+            ${{ github.ref_type == 'tag' }} ; then
               for test_type in "${TESTSET[@]}"; do
                 EXECUTE_LABELED["$test_type"]="true"
               done
@@ -151,6 +187,13 @@ jobs:
               EXECUTE_LABELED["$test_type"]="true"
             done
             ;;
+          "workflow_dispatch")
+            if ${{ inputs.custom-version != '' }} ; then
+              for test_type in "${TESTSET[@]}"; do
+                EXECUTE_LABELED["$test_type"]="true"
+              done
+            fi
+            ;;
           *)
             echo "No tests were labeled for execution!"
             ;;
@@ -415,6 +458,7 @@ jobs:
   build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs:
+      - validate-custom-version
       - setup-workflow
       - test-inventory
       - meta
@@ -424,7 +468,7 @@ jobs:
       - semgrep
       - run-unit-tests
       - fossa-scan
-    if: ${{ !cancelled() && (needs.run-unit-tests.result == 'success' || needs.run-unit-tests.result == 'skipped') }}
+    if: ${{ !cancelled() && (needs.run-unit-tests.result == 'success' || needs.run-unit-tests.result == 'skipped') && (needs.validate-custom-version.result == 'success' || needs.validate-custom-version.result == 'skipped') }}
     outputs:
       buildname: ${{ steps.buildupload.outputs.name }}
     permissions:
@@ -495,7 +539,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Determine the version to build
         id: BuildVersion
         run: |
-          INPUT_SEMVER="${{ steps.semantic.outputs.new_release_version }}"
+          INPUT_SEMVER="${{ github.event.inputs.custom-version != '' && github.event.inputs.custom-version || steps.semantic.outputs.new_release_version }}"
           echo "Initial semver ${INPUT_SEMVER}"
           INPUT_PRNUMBER="${{ github.event.number }}"
           SEMVER_REGEX='^v?[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$'
@@ -602,6 +646,7 @@ jobs:
   build-3_9:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs:
+      - validate-custom-version
       - setup-workflow
       - test-inventory
       - meta
@@ -613,7 +658,8 @@ jobs:
       - fossa-scan
     if: |
       always() &&
-      (needs.run-unit-tests-3_9.result == 'success' || needs.run-unit-tests-3_9.result == 'skipped')
+      (needs.run-unit-tests-3_9.result == 'success' || needs.run-unit-tests-3_9.result == 'skipped') &&
+      (needs.validate-custom-version.result == 'success' || needs.validate-custom-version.result == 'skipped')
     permissions:
       contents: write
       packages: read
@@ -673,7 +719,7 @@ jobs:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
       - id: BuildVersion
         run: |
-          INPUT_SEMVER="${{ steps.semantic.outputs.new_release_version }}"
+          INPUT_SEMVER="${{ github.event.inputs.custom-version != '' && github.event.inputs.custom-version || steps.semantic.outputs.new_release_version }}"
           echo "Initial semver ${INPUT_SEMVER}"
           INPUT_PRNUMBER="${{ github.event.number }}"
           SEMVER_REGEX='^v?[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$'
@@ -1819,7 +1865,10 @@ jobs:
             ${{ needs.setup.outputs.directory-path }}/diag*
 
   run-scripted-input-tests-full-matrix:
-    if: ${{ !cancelled() && needs.build.result == 'success' && needs.test-inventory.outputs.scripted_inputs == 'true' && ( github.base_ref == 'main' || github.ref_name == 'main' ) && needs.setup-workflow.outputs.execute-scripted_inputs-labeled == 'true' }}
+    if: |
+      ( !cancelled() && needs.build.result == 'success' && needs.test-inventory.outputs.scripted_inputs == 'true' ) && 
+      ( github.base_ref == 'main' || github.ref_name == 'main' || ( github.ref_name == 'develop' && inputs.execute-tests-on-push-to-develop == 'true' ) || ( startsWith(github.ref_name, 'release/') && inputs.execute-tests-on-push-to-release == 'true' ) ) && 
+      ( needs.setup-workflow.outputs.execute-scripted_inputs-labeled == 'true' )
     needs:
       - build
       - test-inventory
@@ -2044,12 +2093,13 @@ jobs:
             ${{ needs.setup.outputs.directory-path }}/diag*
 
   pre-publish:
-    if: ${{ !cancelled() }}
+    if: ${{ !cancelled() && needs.validate-custom-version.result == 'success' }}
     # The following line will rename 'pre-publish' to 'pre-publish-not_main_pr' when PR is created towards main branch
     # It is necessary to avoid confusion caused by githubactions considering pre-publish for both push to develop branch
     # and pull_request to main branch events.
     name: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' && github.base_ref == 'main' &&  'pre-publish' ||  'pre-publish-not_main_pr' }}
     needs:
+      - validate-custom-version
       - meta
       - compliance-copyrights
       - lint
@@ -2086,9 +2136,14 @@ jobs:
           exit 1
 
   publish:
-    if: ${{ !cancelled() && needs.pre-publish.result == 'success' && github.event_name != 'pull_request' && github.event_name != 'schedule' }}
+    if: |
+      (!cancelled() && needs.pre-publish.result == 'success' && github.event_name != 'pull_request' && github.event_name != 'schedule') ||
+      (!cancelled() && needs.pre-publish.result == 'success' && github.event.inputs.custom-version != '' && needs.validate-custom-version.result == 'success')
+    name: ${{ github.event.inputs.custom-version == '' &&  'publish' ||  'publish-custom-version' }}
+
     needs:
       - pre-publish
+      - validate-custom-version
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     permissions:
       contents: write
@@ -2102,6 +2157,7 @@ jobs:
           submodules: false
           persist-credentials: false
       - name: Semantic Release
+        if: ${{ github.event.inputs.custom-version  == '' }}
         id: semantic
         uses: splunk/semantic-release-action@v1.3
         env:
@@ -2111,15 +2167,24 @@ jobs:
           git_committer_email: ${{ secrets.SA_GH_USER_EMAIL }}
           gpg_private_key: ${{ secrets.SA_GPG_PRIVATE_KEY }}
           passphrase: ${{ secrets.SA_GPG_PASSPHRASE }}
+      - name: Release custom version
+        if: ${{ github.event.inputs.custom-version  != '' }}
+        id: custom
+        uses: "softprops/action-gh-release@v2"
+        with:
+          token: "${{ secrets.GH_TOKEN_ADMIN }}"
+          tag_name: v${{ github.event.inputs.custom-version }}
+          target_commitish: "${{github.ref_name}}"
+          make_latest: false
       - name: Download package-deployment
-        if: ${{ steps.semantic.outputs.new_release_published == 'true' }}
+        if: ${{ steps.semantic.outputs.new_release_published == 'true' || steps.custom.outputs.upload_url  != '' }}
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
         id: download-package-deployment
         with:
           name: package-deployment
           path: download/artifacts/
       - name: Download package-splunkbase
-        if: ${{ steps.semantic.outputs.new_release_published == 'true' }}
+        if: ${{ steps.semantic.outputs.new_release_published == 'true' || steps.custom.outputs.upload_url  != '' }}
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
         id: download-package-splunkbase
         with:
@@ -2127,7 +2192,7 @@ jobs:
           path: download/artifacts/deployment
       - name: Download cim-compliance-report
         id: download-cim-compliance-report
-        if: ${{ steps.semantic.outputs.new_release_published == 'true' }}
+        if: ${{ steps.semantic.outputs.new_release_published == 'true' || steps.custom.outputs.upload_url  != '' }}
         continue-on-error: true
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
         with:
@@ -2135,22 +2200,22 @@ jobs:
           path: download/artifacts/deployment
       - name: Download cim-field-report
         id: download-cim-field-report
-        if: ${{ steps.semantic.outputs.new_release_published == 'true' }}
+        if: ${{ steps.semantic.outputs.new_release_published == 'true' || steps.custom.outputs.upload_url  != '' }}
         continue-on-error: true
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: cim-field-report
           path: download/artifacts/deployment
       - name: List of assets
-        if: ${{ steps.semantic.outputs.new_release_published == 'true' }}
+        if: ${{ steps.semantic.outputs.new_release_published == 'true'|| steps.custom.outputs.upload_url  != '' }}
         run: |
           ls -la ${{ steps.download-package-splunkbase.outputs.download-path }}
       - name: Upload assets to release
-        if: ${{ steps.semantic.outputs.new_release_published == 'true' }}
+        if: ${{ steps.semantic.outputs.new_release_published == 'true' || steps.custom.outputs.upload_url  != '' }}
         uses: svenstaro/upload-release-action@v2
         with:
           repo_token: ${{ github.token }}
           file: ${{ steps.download-package-splunkbase.outputs.download-path }}/*
           overwrite: true
           file_glob: true
-          tag: v${{ steps.semantic.outputs.new_release_version }}
+          tag: v${{ github.event.inputs.custom-version != '' && github.event.inputs.custom-version || steps.semantic.outputs.new_release_version }}