diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 3ebc090..e5b5a30 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -45,8 +45,12 @@ jobs:
         with:
           node-version: 22
           cache: npm
-      - name: Verify release version
+      - name: Verify tagged release version
+        if: github.event_name == 'push' || inputs.publish_release
         run: node scripts/verify-release-version.js
+      - name: Verify non-publishing package version
+        if: github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && !inputs.publish_release
+        run: node scripts/verify-release-version.js --allow-untagged
       - name: Verify Companion release identity
         run: node scripts/verify-companion-release.js
       - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
diff --git a/scripts/verify-release-version.js b/scripts/verify-release-version.js
index 8e33a6c..e228a4f 100644
--- a/scripts/verify-release-version.js
+++ b/scripts/verify-release-version.js
@@ -42,23 +42,11 @@ function versionFromRef(ref) {
   return version;
 }
 
-const tag = argValue('--tag') || process.env.GITHUB_REF_NAME;
-const expected = versionFromRef(tag);
 const versions = {
   'package.json': readPackageVersion(repositoryRoot),
   'src-tauri/Cargo.toml': readCargoVersion(repositoryRoot),
   'src-tauri/tauri.conf.json': readTauriVersion(repositoryRoot),
 };
-const mismatches = Object.entries(versions)
-  .filter(([, version]) => version !== expected)
-  .map(([file, version]) => `${file}=${version}`);
-
-if (mismatches.length > 0) {
-  console.error(`Release tag ${tag} does not match the application manifests (expected ${expected}).`);
-  for (const mismatch of mismatches) console.error(`  ${mismatch}`);
-  process.exit(1);
-}
-
 const uniqueVersions = new Set(Object.values(versions));
 if (uniqueVersions.size !== 1) {
   console.error('Application version manifests do not agree:');
@@ -66,4 +54,21 @@ if (uniqueVersions.size !== 1) {
   process.exit(1);
 }
 
-console.log(`Release version ${expected} matches ${Object.keys(versions).length} manifests.`);
+const allowUntagged = process.argv.includes('--allow-untagged');
+const tag = argValue('--tag') || process.env.GITHUB_REF_NAME;
+const expected = allowUntagged ? Object.values(versions)[0] : versionFromRef(tag);
+const mismatches = Object.entries(versions)
+  .filter(([, version]) => version !== expected)
+  .map(([file, version]) => `${file}=${version}`);
+
+if (!allowUntagged && mismatches.length > 0) {
+  console.error(`Release tag ${tag} does not match the application manifests (expected ${expected}).`);
+  for (const mismatch of mismatches) console.error(`  ${mismatch}`);
+  process.exit(1);
+}
+
+console.log(
+  allowUntagged
+    ? `Non-publishing package version ${expected} matches ${Object.keys(versions).length} manifests.`
+    : `Release version ${expected} matches ${Object.keys(versions).length} manifests.`
+);
diff --git a/scripts/verify-release-version.node-test.js b/scripts/verify-release-version.node-test.js
index d630133..a22ba1c 100644
--- a/scripts/verify-release-version.node-test.js
+++ b/scripts/verify-release-version.node-test.js
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ const currentVersion = JSON.parse(
   fs.readFileSync(path.join(repositoryRoot, 'package.json'), 'utf8')
 ).version;
 
-function runVerifier(tag) {
-  return spawnSync(process.execPath, [verifier, '--tag', tag], {
+function runVerifier(tag, ...extraArguments) {
+  return spawnSync(process.execPath, [verifier, '--tag', tag, ...extraArguments], {
     cwd: repositoryRoot,
     encoding: 'utf8',
   });
@@ -35,3 +35,9 @@ test('release version verifier rejects non-semver tag names', () => {
   assert.equal(result.status, 1);
   assert.match(result.stderr, /semantic version tag/);
 });
+
+test('release version verifier accepts an untagged non-publishing package audit', () => {
+  const result = runVerifier('main', '--allow-untagged');
+  assert.equal(result.status, 0, result.stderr);
+  assert.match(result.stdout, new RegExp(`Non-publishing package version ${currentVersion} matches`));
+});