diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-deb.yml b/.github/workflows/build-deb.yml
index cff419b5b..cadc95b7d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-deb.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-deb.yml
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 name: Build Debian Package
 on:
   push:
-      tags:
-        - 1.**
-  pull_request:
+    tags: [ '[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+' ]
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      version:
+        description: 'The optional semantic version number. If not supplied the branch/tag will be used.'
+        type: string
 
 jobs:
   package-ubuntu-latest-amd64:
@@ -22,11 +25,25 @@ jobs:
       run: sudo apt install -y libssl-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev
     - name: "Install building tools"
       run: sudo apt install -y cmake debmake devscripts debhelper
-
+      # Set version number
+    - name: Set version based on input
+      if: ${{ inputs.version }}
+      run: echo "RELEASE_VERSION=${{ inputs.version }}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+    - name: Set version based on ref
+      if: ${{ !inputs.version }}
+      run: |
+        mkdir -p cpr/build
+        pushd cpr/build
+        cmake .. -DCPR_BUILD_VERSION_OUTPUT_ONLY=ON
+        echo "RELEASE_VERSION=$(cat version.txt)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        popd
+        rm -rf cpr/build
+    - name: Print Version
+      run: echo "deb version will be '${{ env.RELEASE_VERSION }}'"
       # Build package of runtime library
     - name: "Package build of runtime library"
       env: 
-        VERSION: ${{ github.ref_name }}
+        VERSION: ${{ env.RELEASE_VERSION }}
       run: bash cpr/package-build/build-package.sh cpr
 
     - name: "Upload deb-packages"
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index ea6991f77..7d2d83941 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ cpr_option(CPR_ENABLE_CPPCHECK "Set to ON to enable Cppcheck static analysis. Re
 cpr_option(CPR_BUILD_TESTS "Set to ON to build cpr tests." OFF)
 cpr_option(CPR_BUILD_TESTS_SSL "Set to ON to build cpr ssl tests" ${CPR_BUILD_TESTS})
 cpr_option(CPR_BUILD_TESTS_PROXY "Set to ON to build proxy tests. They fail in case there is no valid proxy server available in proxy_tests.cpp" OFF)
+cpr_option(CPR_BUILD_VERSION_OUTPUT_ONLY "Set to ON to only export the version into 'build/version.txt' and exit" OFF)
 cpr_option(CPR_SKIP_CA_BUNDLE_SEARCH "Skip searching for Certificate Authority certs. Turn ON for systems like iOS where file access is restricted and prevents https from working." OFF)
 cpr_option(CPR_USE_BOOST_FILESYSTEM "Set to ON to use the Boost.Filesystem library. This is useful, on, e.g., Apple platforms, where std::filesystem may not always be available when targeting older OS versions." OFF)
 cpr_option(CPR_DEBUG_SANITIZER_FLAG_THREAD "Enables the ThreadSanitizer for debug builds." OFF)
@@ -75,6 +76,13 @@ cpr_option(CPR_DEBUG_SANITIZER_FLAG_UB "Enables the UndefinedBehaviorSanitizer f
 cpr_option(CPR_DEBUG_SANITIZER_FLAG_ALL "Enables all sanitizers for debug builds except the ThreadSanitizer since it is incompatible with the other sanitizers." OFF)
 message(STATUS "=======================================================")
 
+# Save the project version as txt file for deb and NuGet builds
+if(CPR_BUILD_VERSION_OUTPUT_ONLY)
+    message(STATUS "Printing version and exiting...")
+    file(WRITE "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/version.txt" "${PROJECT_VERSION}")
+    return()
+endif()
+
 if (CPR_FORCE_USE_SYSTEM_CURL)
     message(WARNING "The variable CPR_FORCE_USE_SYSTEM_CURL is deprecated, please use CPR_USE_SYSTEM_CURL instead")
     set(CPR_USE_SYSTEM_CURL ${CPR_FORCE_USE_SYSTEM_CURL})
diff --git a/nuget/libcpr.nuspec b/nuget/libcpr.nuspec
index e47a8c08e..1169ebf4e 100644
--- a/nuget/libcpr.nuspec
+++ b/nuget/libcpr.nuspec
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     <projectUrl>https://github.com/libcpr</projectUrl>
     <description>C++ Requests: Curl for People, a spiritual port of Python Requests.</description>
     <tags>Native, native</tags>
-	  <language>english</language>
-	  <repository type="git" url="https://github.com/libcpr/cpr" branch="master" commit="$COMMIT_HASH$" />
+    <language>english</language>
+    <repository type="git" url="https://github.com/libcpr/cpr" branch="master" commit="$COMMIT_HASH$" />
   </metadata>
 </package>
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