diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 7401cfa..ea43b51 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ on:
     types: [published]
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs:
-      prerelease:
-        description: 'Publish as prerelease (alpha tag). Version must already be bumped in package.json on the branch.'
+      publish_alpha:
+        description: 'Publish to npm as alpha prerelease. If unchecked, only tests run (no publish). Version must already be bumped in package.json on the selected branch.'
         type: boolean
         default: false
 
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ jobs:
 
   publish:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    if: github.event_name == 'release' || (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && github.event.inputs.prerelease == 'true')
+    if: github.event_name == 'release' || (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && github.event.inputs.publish_alpha == 'true')
     environment: release
     needs: [test]
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 026f973..45e5fa7 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@modelcontextprotocol/conformance",
-  "version": "0.1.11",
+  "version": "0.1.12",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@modelcontextprotocol/conformance",
-      "version": "0.1.11",
+      "version": "0.1.12",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk": "^1.25.2",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 36b855b..81a7ce0 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@modelcontextprotocol/conformance",
-  "version": "0.1.11",
+  "version": "0.1.12",
   "type": "module",
   "license": "MIT",
   "author": "Anthropic, PBC (https://anthropic.com)",