diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 6bf9c4d..582c395 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ name: CI
 
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      overrideVersion:
+        description: Manually force a version
   pull_request:
   push:
     branches:
@@ -10,6 +13,9 @@ on:
     tags:
       - "*.*.*"
 
+env:
+  SETUPTOOLS_SCM_PRETEND_VERSION: ${{ github.event.inputs.overrideVersion }}
+
 jobs:
   lint:
     name: Lint
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 9df6d11..7f6c2ea 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ repair-wheel-command = "python scripts/repair_wheel.py -w {dest_dir} {wheel}"
 test-extras = "test"
 test-command = "pytest {project}/tests"
 test-skip = ["*-win_arm64", "*-macosx_universal2:arm64"]
+environment-pass = ["SETUPTOOLS_SCM_PRETEND_VERSION"]
 
 [[tool.cibuildwheel.overrides]]
 select = "*-manylinux_{x86_64,i686}"