diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 2dc90a40eb7..7046300a6cb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -440,3 +440,22 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Publish GitHub release
         run: cargo-release release github-release ${{ github.event.inputs.release_tag }}
+
+      - name: Trigger release notifications
+        if: ${{ !inputs.dry_run }}
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          RELEASE_TAG: ${{ github.event.inputs.release_tag }}
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+
+          release_json="$(gh release view "$RELEASE_TAG" --repo clockworklabs/SpacetimeDB --json body,url)"
+          body="$(jq -r '.body' <<< "$release_json")"
+          url="$(jq -r '.url' <<< "$release_json")"
+
+          jq -n \
+            --arg tag "$RELEASE_TAG" \
+            --arg url "$url" \
+            --arg body "$body" \
+            '{release_tag: $tag, release_url: $url, release_body: $body, dry_run: "false"}' \
+          | gh workflow run tag-release.yml --repo clockworklabs/SpacetimeDB --ref master --json
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tag-release.yml b/.github/workflows/tag-release.yml
index 5d31e55ca2d..e717547c7d0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tag-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tag-release.yml
@@ -31,13 +31,20 @@ jobs:
   announce-release:
     name: Announce GitHub release (Internal)
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    if: github.event_name == 'release'
+    if: >-
+      ${{
+        github.event_name == 'release'
+        || (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && github.event.inputs.dry_run != 'true')
+      }}
     steps:
       - name: Send Discord notification
+        env:
+          RELEASE_NAME: ${{ github.event.release.name || github.event.inputs.release_tag }}
+          RELEASE_URL: ${{ github.event.release.html_url || github.event.inputs.release_url }}
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail
 
-          message="SpacetimeDB GitHub release published: [${{ github.event.release.name }}](<${{ github.event.release.html_url }}>)"
+          message="SpacetimeDB GitHub release published: [${RELEASE_NAME}](<${RELEASE_URL}>)"
 
           data="$(jq --null-input --arg msg "$message" '.content=$msg')"
           curl -X POST -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d "$data" "${{ secrets.DISCORD_WEBHOOK_RELEASE_ANNOUNCE_URL }}"