diff --git a/CHANGES/433.feature b/CHANGES/433.feature
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d81de3cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CHANGES/433.feature
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Added an optional 'before_script' parameter to the release workflow.
diff --git a/templates/github/.github/workflows/release.yml.j2 b/templates/github/.github/workflows/release.yml.j2
index d42caf8a..2f2e5eca 100644
--- a/templates/github/.github/workflows/release.yml.j2
+++ b/templates/github/.github/workflows/release.yml.j2
@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@ on:
       release:
         description: "Release tag (e.g. 3.2.1)"
         required: true
+      before_script:
+        description: |
+          Bash code to run before script.sh is executed. This should only be used when re-running
+          a workflow to correct some aspect of the docs. e.g.: git checkout origin/3.14 CHANGES.rst
+        required: false
 
 env:
   RELEASE_WORKFLOW: true
@@ -141,6 +146,10 @@ jobs:
         if: {{ "${{ env.TEST == 'bindings' || env.TEST == 'generate-bindings' }}" }}
         run: .github/workflows/scripts/install_ruby_client.sh
 
+      - name: Additional before_script
+        run: {{ "${{ github.event.inputs.before_script }}" }}
+        shell: bash
+
       - name: Script
         if: {{ "${{ env.TEST != 'generate-bindings' }}" }}
         run: .github/workflows/scripts/script.sh