Update release_workflow.yml

Author: JarbasAl

.github/workflows/release_workflow.yml

@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 name: Release Alpha and Propose Stable
 
 on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
   pull_request:
     types: [closed]
     branches: [dev]
 
 jobs:
   publish_alpha:
-    if: github.event.pull_request.merged == true
     uses: TigreGotico/gh-automations/.github/workflows/publish-alpha.yml@master
     secrets: inherit
     with:
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
     needs: publish_alpha
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Send message to Matrix bots channel
         id: matrix-chat-message
         uses: fadenb/matrix-chat-message@v0.0.6
@@ -39,12 +39,12 @@ jobs:
     if: success()  # Ensure this job only runs if the previous job succeeds
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           ref: dev
           fetch-depth: 0 # otherwise, there would be errors pushing refs to the destination repository.
       - name: Setup Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v1
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
           python-version: "3.11"
       - name: Install Build Tools
@@ -68,12 +68,12 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout dev branch
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           ref: dev
 
       - name: Setup Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
           python-version: '3.10'