diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 8f00e17..a317fe6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -1,11 +1,19 @@
 name: Publish Python 🐍 distribution 📦 to PyPI and TestPyPI
 
-on: push
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      # Order matters, the last rule that applies to a tag
+      # is the one that takes effect:
+      # https://docs.github.com/en/actions/writing-workflows/workflow-syntax-for-github-actions#example-including-and-excluding-branches-and-tags
+      - '*'
+      # There should be no dev tags created, but to be safe,
+      # let's not publish them.
+      - '!*.dev*'
 
 env:
   # Change these for your project's URLs
   PYPI_URL: https://pypi.org/p/django-commons-best-practices
-  PYPI_TEST_URL: https://test.pypi.org/p/django-commons-best-practices
 
 jobs:
 
@@ -33,7 +41,6 @@ jobs:
   publish-to-pypi:
     name: >-
       Publish Python 🐍 distribution 📦 to PyPI
-    if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')  # only publish to PyPI on tag pushes
     needs:
     - build
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -93,29 +100,3 @@ jobs:
         gh release upload
         '${{ github.ref_name }}' dist/**
         --repo '${{ github.repository }}'
-
-  publish-to-testpypi:
-    name: Publish Python 🐍 distribution 📦 to TestPyPI
-    if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')  # only publish to TestPyPI on tag pushes
-    needs:
-    - build
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-
-    environment:
-      name: testpypi
-      url: ${{ env.PYPI_TEST_URL }}
-
-    permissions:
-      id-token: write  # IMPORTANT: mandatory for trusted publishing
-
-    steps:
-    - name: Download all the dists
-      uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
-      with:
-        name: python-package-distributions
-        path: dist/
-    - name: Publish distribution 📦 to TestPyPI
-      uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1.10
-      with:
-        repository-url: https://test.pypi.org/legacy/
-        skip-existing: true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test_release.yml b/.github/workflows/test_release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2846f3b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/test_release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+name: Test Python 🐍 distribution 📦 to TestPyPI
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      iteration:
+        description: 'A unique iteration for the run. The tag will be prefixed with test.yyyymmdd.'
+        type: string
+        required: true
+        default: "0"
+
+env:
+  # Change these for your project's URLs
+  PYPI_TEST_URL: https://test.pypi.org/p/django-commons-best-practices
+  # The environment key that overrides the version number
+  DEV_VERSION_ENV_KEY: BEST_PRACTICES_VERSION
+
+jobs:
+
+  create-dev-version:
+    # Generate the dev version suffix based on the current date.
+    # Tag name:
+    #   <version>.dev<yyyymmdd><iteration>
+    name: Create dev version string
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+      dev_version: ${{ steps.output-dev-version.outputs.dev_version }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Set date suffix
+        id: set-date
+        run: echo "suffix=dev$(date +%Y%m%d)${{ github.event.inputs.iteration }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+      - name: Output dev version
+        id: output-dev-version
+        run: echo "dev_version=${{ env.suffix }}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+
+  build:
+    name: Build distribution 📦
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - name: Set up Python
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+      with:
+        python-version: "3.x"
+    - name: Install pypa/build
+      run:
+        python3 -m pip install build --user
+    - name: Build a binary wheel and a source tarball
+      env:
+        DEV_VERSION: ${{needs.create-dev-version.outputs.dev_version}}
+      run: ${{ env.DEV_VERSION_ENV_KEY }}="${{ env.DEV_VERSION }}" python3 -m build
+    - name: Store the distribution packages
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+      with:
+        name: python-package-distributions
+        path: dist/
+
+  publish-to-testpypi:
+    name: Publish Python 🐍 distribution 📦 to TestPyPI
+    needs:
+    - build
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    environment:
+      name: testpypi
+      url: ${{ env.PYPI_TEST_URL }}
+
+    permissions:
+      id-token: write  # IMPORTANT: mandatory for trusted publishing
+
+    steps:
+    - name: Download all the dists
+      uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+      with:
+        name: python-package-distributions
+        path: dist/
+    - name: Publish distribution 📦 to TestPyPI
+      uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1.10
+      with:
+        repository-url: https://test.pypi.org/legacy/
+        skip-existing: true
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 28f24dc..a377f7b 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,12 +4,11 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "django-commons-best-practices"
-version = "1.1.0"
+dynamic = ["version", "readme"]
 authors = [
   { name="Tim Schilling", email="schillingt@better-simple.com" },
 ]
 description = "A place to test things out"
-readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.11"
 classifiers = [
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
@@ -21,6 +20,10 @@ keywords = [
     "django commons",
 ]
 
+[tool.setuptools.dynamic]
+version = {attr = "django_commons_best_practices.__version__"}
+readme = {file = ["README.md"]}
+
 [project.urls]
 Homepage = "https://github.com/django-commons/best-practices"
 Issues = "https://github.com/django-commons/best-practices/issues"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/django_commons_best_practices/__init__.py b/src/django_commons_best_practices/__init__.py
index e69de29..88ed0ae 100644
--- a/src/django_commons_best_practices/__init__.py
+++ b/src/django_commons_best_practices/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+__all__ = ["VERSION"]
+import os
+
+# Support suffixing the version with a dev segment.
+# This allows for building dev distributions to test
+# the release process.
+# See .github/workflows/test_release.yml
+__version__ = VERSION = "1.1.0" + os.environ.get("BEST_PRACTICES_VERSION_DEV", "")