diff --git a/.github/workflows/weekly-release.yml b/.github/workflows/weekly-release.yml
index 7c8ea7a..602e44d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/weekly-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/weekly-release.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ on:
         description: "Also release the other maintained branches, as the schedule does"
         type: boolean
         default: false
+      skip-ci-check:
+        description: "Release this branch even though its CI failed or is still running"
+        type: boolean
+        default: false
 
 permissions: {}
 
@@ -26,6 +30,11 @@ jobs:
       contents: write
       pull-requests: write
     uses: matomo-org/plugin-ci-workflows/.github/workflows/plugin-dev-release.yml@main
+    with:
+      skip-ci-check: ${{ inputs.skip-ci-check || false }}
+    secrets:
+      # A user other than github-actions, so the bot's date PR can be approved and merged.
+      approver-token: ${{ secrets.TESTS_ACCESS_TOKEN }}
 
   # A dispatched run must not dispatch again, or the branches would keep dispatching each other.
   other-branches: