diff --git a/.github/workflows/eoefans-api-azure-deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/eoefans-api-azure-deploy.yml
index 0ac4abb..8614aa2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/eoefans-api-azure-deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/eoefans-api-azure-deploy.yml
@@ -11,13 +11,17 @@ on:
       deploy_version:
         required: true
         type: string
-
+      sentry_release:
+        required: true
+        type: string
 env:
   AZURE_WEBAPP_NAME: "eoefans-api"   # set this to your application's name
   IMAGE_REGISTRY: "containers.vlink.dev"
   IMAGE_REPO: "eoefans"
   IMAGE_NAME: "eoefans-api"
   DEPLOY_VERSION: ${{ inputs.deploy_version }}
+
+  SENTRY_RELEASE: ${{ inputs.sentry_release }}
   SENTRY_ORG: "eoefans"
   SENTRY_PROJECT: "eoefans-api"
 
@@ -30,7 +34,7 @@ jobs:
   Deploy:
     permissions:
       contents: none
-      
+
     runs-on: [self-hosted, Linux]
     environment:
       name: 'Production-API'
@@ -38,7 +42,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      
+
       - name: Log in to VLINK Container Registry
         uses: docker/login-action@v2
         with:
@@ -53,8 +57,9 @@ jobs:
           app-name: ${{ env.AZURE_WEBAPP_NAME }}
           publish-profile: ${{ secrets.AZURE_CREDENTIALS_EOEFANS_API }}
           images: ${{ env.IMAGE_REGISTRY }}/${{ env.IMAGE_REPO }}/${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}:${{ env.DEPLOY_VERSION }}
-          
+
       - name: Create Sentry release
+        if: ${{ (env.SENTRY_RELEASE == 'true') || (env.SENTRY_RELEASE == 'True') || (env.SENTRY_RELEASE == '1') }}
         uses: getsentry/action-release@v1
         env:
           SENTRY_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.SENTRY_AUTH_TOKEN }}