diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-please.yaml b/.github/workflows/release-please.yaml
index 5102736..df03ab6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-please.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-please.yaml
@@ -79,6 +79,11 @@ on:
         description: 'Commit message for Cargo.lock update.'
         required: false
         default: 'chore: update Cargo.lock'
+      version-suffix:
+        type: string
+        description: 'Suffix to add to the version of the crates.'
+        required: false
+        default: ''
     outputs:
       releases_created:
         description: "Whether release-please created a new GitHub releases."
@@ -157,6 +162,8 @@ jobs:
       # and take care of the proper caching to speed up CI.
       - name: Install Rust toolchain
         uses: moonrepo/setup-rust@v1
+        with:
+          bins: 'cargo-workspaces'
 
       - name: Update Cargo.lock
         shell: 'bash -ex {0}'
@@ -167,8 +174,17 @@ jobs:
           if [[ ${BRANCH} == *components* ]]; then
             COMPONENT="${BRANCH##*--}"
             COMPONENT_PATH=$(jq -r --arg component ${COMPONENT} '.packages | to_entries[] | select(.value.component == $component) | .key' ${{ inputs.config }})
-            ( cd "${COMPONENT_PATH}" && cargo update --workspace )
-          else
+            COMPONENT_VERSION=$(jq -r ".${COMPONENT_PATH}" ${{ inputs.manifest }})
+            (
+              cd "${COMPONENT_PATH}"
+              if [[ '${{ inputs.version-suffix }}' != '' ]]; then
+                cargo workspaces version custom ${COMPONENT_VERSION}-${{ inputs.version-suffix }} \
+                  --all --no-git-commit --force "*" --yes
+              fi
+              cargo update --workspace
+            )
+          fi
+          if [[ '${{ inputs.workspace-dirs }}' != '' ]]; then
             # In case of a one PR for multiple components
             # update Cargo.lock for all components using the workspace-dirs input.
             for WORKSPACE in ${{ inputs.workspace-dirs }} ; do