diff --git a/.github/workflows/release_papi_tag.yml b/.github/workflows/release_papi_tag.yml
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+name: Update tag version for PAPI release
+
+on:
+   workflow_dispatch:
+     inputs:
+       tag:
+         description: 'Name of Tag'
+         required: true
+         type: string
+      
+
+jobs:
+  tag-papi:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Create and push a tag
+      - run: echo The tag version is: ${{ inputs.tag }}
+