diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-pipeline.yml b/.github/workflows/release-pipeline.yml
index 4a18a8c..948f1c4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-pipeline.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-pipeline.yml
@@ -29,6 +29,11 @@ on:
         required: false
         type: string
         default: "ubuntu-latest"
+      dry-run:
+        description: "Simulate the release without publishing to npm or creating a GitHub release"
+        required: false
+        type: boolean
+        default: false
     secrets:
       npm-token:
         description: "npm access token (e.g. BRAINTREE_NPM_ACCESS_TOKEN)"
@@ -66,6 +71,7 @@ jobs:
           version-type: ${{ inputs.version-type }}
           base-branch: ${{ inputs.base-branch }}
           github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          dry-run: ${{ inputs.dry-run }}
 
   publish-npm:
     needs: bump-version
@@ -79,6 +85,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: braintree/web-sdk-github-actions/actions/npm-publish@main
         with:
           npm-token: ${{ secrets.npm-token }}
+          dry-run: ${{ inputs.dry-run }}
 
   publish-release:
     needs: publish-npm
@@ -92,3 +99,4 @@ jobs:
         uses: braintree/web-sdk-github-actions/actions/release-notes@main
         with:
           github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          dry-run: ${{ inputs.dry-run }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/stale-cleanup.yml b/.github/workflows/stale-cleanup.yml
index c2e4ce7..f3e836f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/stale-cleanup.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/stale-cleanup.yml
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ jobs:
       contents: write
     steps:
       - name: "Remove stale branches"
-        uses: fpicalausa/remove-stale-branches@7c4f2afe88a36c0f9114cd958380979b9d7323fb
+        uses: fpicalausa/remove-stale-branches@v2.6.1
         with:
           days-before-branch-stale: ${{ inputs.branch-days-stale }}
           days-before-branch-delete: ${{ inputs.branch-days-close }}