diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-android.yml b/.github/workflows/release-android.yml
index 5624efad8..976d5c04a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-android.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-android.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ on:
     inputs:
       build_name:
         description: "A custom version name. The resulting name will have the format <cargo.version.patch>-<custom-name>-<rev> (E.g. 1.0.23-custom-name-2eb68d8c)."
-        required: true
+        required: false
         type: string
   push:
     tags:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-desktop-bins.yml b/.github/workflows/release-desktop-bins.yml
index 269979580..7e9742ac6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-desktop-bins.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-desktop-bins.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ on:
     inputs:
       build_name:
         description: "A custom version name. The resulting name will have the format <cargo.version.patch>-<custom-name>-<rev> (E.g. 1.0.23-custom-name-2eb68d8c)."
-        required: true
+        required: false
         type: string
   push:
     tags: