diff --git a/.github/workflows/automated-release.yml b/.github/workflows/automated-release.yml
index 0e1e78c5fa..85f8128204 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/automated-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/automated-release.yml
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ on:
         description: "Integrate into SQS"
         type: boolean
         default: true
+      bump-version:
+        description: "Create PR for next iteration"
+        type: boolean
+        default: true
       issue-categories:
         description: "Jira issue categories to include in the release notes"
         required: false
@@ -59,6 +63,9 @@ jobs:
     with:
       project-name: "SonarJava"
       plugin-name: "java"
+      # Artifacts are matched exactly, so this will prevent updating javascript.
+      plugin-artifacts-sqs: "java"
+      plugin-artifacts-sqc: "java"
       jira-project-key: "SONARJAVA"
       runner-environment: "github-ubuntu-latest-s"
       rule-props-changed: ${{ github.event.inputs.rule-props-changed }}
@@ -79,6 +86,7 @@ jobs:
 
   bump_versions:
     name: Bump versions
+    if: ${{ github.event.inputs.bump-version == 'true' }}
     needs: release
     uses: ./.github/workflows/PrepareNextIteration.yml
     permissions: