diff --git a/.github/actions/create-release/action.yml b/.github/actions/create-release/action.yml
index cce43d9348b..fb52223504f 100644
--- a/.github/actions/create-release/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/create-release/action.yml
@@ -1,11 +1,27 @@
 name: create_release
 description: Creates a new React Native release
+inputs:
+  version:
+    description: 'The version of React Native we want to release. For example 0.75.0-rc.0'
+    required: true
+  is_latest_on_npm:
+    description: 'Whether we want to tag this release as latest on NPM'
+    required: true
+    default: "false"
+  dry_run:
+    description: 'Whether the job should be executed in dry-run mode or not'
+    default: "true"
 runs:
   using: composite
   steps:
     - name: Yarn install
       shell: bash
       run: yarn install --non-interactive
+    - name: Configure Git
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        git config --local user.email "bot@reactnative.dev"
+        git config --local user.name "React Native Bot"
     - name: Creating release commit
       shell: bash
       run: |
@@ -23,7 +39,7 @@ runs:
         git tag -a "latest" -m "latest"
     - name: Pushing release commit
       shell: bash
-      if: ${{ inputs.dry_run == false }}
+      if: ${{ inputs.dry_run == 'false' }}
       run: |
         CURR_BRANCH="$(git branch --show-current)"
         git push origin "$CURR_BRANCH" --follow-tags
diff --git a/.github/workflows/create-release.yml b/.github/workflows/create-release.yml
index 85e14987843..07e46d8a7a1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/create-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/create-release.yml
@@ -18,11 +18,13 @@ on:
         default: false
 
 jobs:
-  prepare_release:
+  create_release:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4.1.1
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.REACT_NATIVE_BOT_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
       - name: Check if on stable branch
         id: check_stable_branch
         run: |
@@ -46,3 +48,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Execute Prepare Release
         if: ${{ steps.check_stable_branch.outputs.ON_STABLE_BRANCH && !steps.check_if_tag_exists.outputs.TAG_EXISTS }}
         uses: ./.github/actions/create-release
+        with:
+            version: ${{ inputs.version }}
+            is_latest_on_npm: ${{ inputs.is_latest_on_npm }}
+            dry_run: ${{ inputs.dry_run }}