diff --git a/.github/workflows/dev.yml b/.github/workflows/dev.yml
index 3522d345d..b623b74da 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dev.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dev.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,12 @@ on:
      - 'cake/**'
      - '.github/**'  
   workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      publish:
+        type: boolean
+        required: false
+        default: false
+        description: "Set to 'true' to publish packages"
 
 jobs:
   build:
@@ -31,4 +37,10 @@ jobs:
           GH_TOKEN : ${{ secrets.GH_TOKEN }}
           GH_USER : ${{ secrets.GH_USER }}
       run: dotnet run --project cake/Build.csproj --do-test --do-pack --test-level 2
+    - name: "Publish packages"
+      if: ${{ github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && github.event.inputs.publish == 'true' }}
+      env:
+        GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_TOKEN }}
+        GH_USER: ${{ secrets.GH_USER }}
+      run: dotnet run --project cake/Build.csproj --do-publish-only --do-publish --do-publish-release
 
diff --git a/cake/BuildParameters.cs b/cake/BuildParameters.cs
index 3cd80ec1e..4e036d12c 100644
--- a/cake/BuildParameters.cs
+++ b/cake/BuildParameters.cs
@@ -51,4 +51,7 @@ public class BuildParameters
 
     [Option('a', "apps-run", Required = false, Default = false, HelpText = "Download and run apps")]
     public bool AppsRun{ get; set; }
+
+    [Option('o', "do-publish-only", Required = false, Default = false, HelpText = "Skips all steps and publishes from pre-build artefacts.")]
+    public bool PublishOnly { get; set; }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cake/Program.cs b/cake/Program.cs
index 667417cbc..65f07400c 100644
--- a/cake/Program.cs
+++ b/cake/Program.cs
@@ -74,6 +74,12 @@ public sealed class CleanUpTask : FrostingTask<BuildContext>
 {
     public override void Run(BuildContext context)
     {
+        if (context.BuildParameters.PublishOnly)
+        {
+            context.Log.Information("Skipping. Publish only.");
+            return;
+        }
+
         context.Log.Information("Build running with following parameters:");
         context.Log.Information(context.BuildParameters.ToJson(Formatting.Indented));
        
@@ -104,6 +110,12 @@ public sealed class ProvisionTask : FrostingTask<BuildContext>
 {
     public override void Run(BuildContext context)
     {
+        if (context.BuildParameters.PublishOnly)
+        {
+            context.Log.Information("Skipping. Publish only.");
+            return;
+        }
+
         ProvisionTools(context);
 
         foreach (var library in context.Libraries)
@@ -128,6 +140,12 @@ public sealed class ApaxUpdateTask : FrostingTask<BuildContext>
 {
     public override void Run(BuildContext context)
     {
+        if (context.BuildParameters.PublishOnly)
+        {
+            context.Log.Information("Skipping. Publish only.");
+            return;
+        }
+
         if (!context.BuildParameters.DoApaxUpdate)
             return;
 
@@ -147,6 +165,12 @@ public sealed class CatalogInstallTask : FrostingTask<BuildContext>
 {
     public override void Run(BuildContext context)
     {
+        if (context.BuildParameters.PublishOnly)
+        {
+            context.Log.Information("Skipping. Publish only.");
+            return;
+        }
+
         context.Libraries.ToList().ForEach(lib =>
         {
             foreach (var apaxfile in context.GetApaxFiles(lib))
@@ -165,6 +189,12 @@ public sealed class BuildTask : FrostingTask<BuildContext>
 {
     public override void Run(BuildContext context)
     {
+        if (context.BuildParameters.PublishOnly)
+        {
+            context.Log.Information("Skipping. Publish only.");
+            return;
+        }
+
         if (context.BuildParameters.DoPack)
         {
             context.Libraries.ToList().ForEach(lib =>
@@ -215,6 +245,12 @@ public sealed class TestsTask : FrostingTask<BuildContext>
     // Tasks can be asynchronous
     public override void Run(BuildContext context)
     {
+        if (context.BuildParameters.PublishOnly)
+        {
+            context.Log.Information("Skipping. Publish only.");
+            return;
+        }
+
         if (!context.BuildParameters.DoTest)
         {
             context.Log.Warning($"Skipping tests");
@@ -816,6 +852,12 @@ public sealed class CreateArtifactsTask : FrostingTask<BuildContext>
 {
     public override void Run(BuildContext context)
     {
+        if (context.BuildParameters.PublishOnly)
+        {
+            context.Log.Information("Skipping. Publish only.");
+            return;
+        }
+
         if (context.BuildParameters.DoPack)
         {
             //context.Libraries.ToList().ForEach(lib =>