diff --git a/.github/workflows/deb-packager.yaml b/.github/workflows/deb-packager.yaml
index d70e326..ce9a9e8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deb-packager.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deb-packager.yaml
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ on:
         description: 'PG minor version. Default: 1'
         required: false
         default: '1'
+      TAG_GIT_REF:
+        description: 'Tag git Ref (leave empty for same as Tag)'
+        required: false
+        default: ''
 
 jobs:
   packager:
@@ -27,6 +31,7 @@ jobs:
       PG_CONFIG_PATH: postgresql/bin/pg_config
       TAG: ${{ github.event.inputs.tag }}
       TAG_DIR: pgvectorscale
+      TAG_GIT_REF: ${{ github.event.inputs.TAG_GIT_REF == '' && github.event.inputs.tag || github.event.inputs.TAG_GIT_REF}}
 
     steps:
     - name: Checkout pgvectorscale
@@ -50,7 +55,7 @@ jobs:
       uses: actions/checkout@v4
       with:
         repository: timescale/pgvectorscale
-        ref: '${{ env.TAG }}'
+        ref: '${{ env.TAG_GIT_REF }}'
         path: ${{ env.TAG_DIR }}
 
     - name: Install pgrx