diff --git a/.github/workflows/kubeapps-general.yaml b/.github/workflows/kubeapps-general.yaml
index e6911260f5c..efb825a9fe8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/kubeapps-general.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/kubeapps-general.yaml
@@ -139,7 +139,14 @@ jobs:
             echo "running_on_tag=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           fi
 
-          echo "dev_mode=${DEV_MODE}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          # TODO(bjesus) Once we've properly tested the release job, we can/should remove this hack, just leave the content from the else branch
+          if [[ ${GITHUB_REF_TYPE} == "tag" &&  ${GITHUB_REF_NAME} == 'test-'* ]]; then
+            echo "DEV_MODE=true" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+            echo "dev_mode=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          else
+            echo "dev_mode=${DEV_MODE}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          fi
+
           echo "golang_version=${GOLANG_VERSION}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           echo "ssh_key_kubeapps_deploy_filename=${SSH_KEY_KUBEAPPS_DEPLOY_FILENAME}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           echo "ssh_key_forked_charts_deploy_filename=${SSH_KEY_FORKED_CHARTS_DEPLOY_FILENAME}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
diff --git a/.github/workflows/kubeapps-release.yml b/.github/workflows/kubeapps-release.yml
index de953e9cb4f..715f3ecfa53 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/kubeapps-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/kubeapps-release.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ on:
   push:
     tags:
       - 'v[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+'
+      # TODO(bjesus) Remove the following line once we have tested the release process
+      - 'test-.*'
 
 concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.head_ref || github.ref_name }}_release