diff --git a/.github/workflows/bump-stage-and-upload-to-jfrog.yml b/.github/workflows/bump-stage-and-upload-to-jfrog.yml
index 922c94de93..7d54364bdb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/bump-stage-and-upload-to-jfrog.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/bump-stage-and-upload-to-jfrog.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 on:
   workflow_call:
     inputs:
+      dry-run:
+        required: false
+        default: false
+        type: boolean
+        description: "Don't tag or upload anything to JFrog"
       passed-dev-tag:
         type: string
         description: Dev tag to fast forward the stage branch to
@@ -31,6 +36,7 @@ jobs:
     with:
       change: 'promote-dev-build-to-rc'
       ref: ${{ vars.STAGE_BRANCH_NAME }}
+      dry-run: ${{ inputs.dry-run }}
     secrets: inherit
 
   rebuild-artifacts-with-rc-version:
@@ -50,6 +56,7 @@ jobs:
     uses: ./.github/workflows/upload-to-jfrog.yml
     with:
       version: ${{ needs.promote-dev-build-to-rc.outputs.new_version }}
+      dry-run: ${{ inputs.dry-run }}
     secrets: inherit
 
   # See reason for deleting artifacts in dev-workflow-p2.yml
diff --git a/.github/workflows/bump-version.yml b/.github/workflows/bump-version.yml
index 736663f431..f972a0f19d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/bump-version.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/bump-version.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ name: Bump version
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs:
+      dry-run:
+        required: false
+        default: false
+        type: boolean
+        description: "Don't tag"
       change:
         type: choice
         description: Python script name to update the version
@@ -15,6 +20,11 @@ on:
         - promote-rc-build-to-release
   workflow_call:
     inputs:
+      dry-run:
+        required: false
+        default: false
+        type: boolean
+        description: "Don't tag"
       change:
         # Since workflow_call doesn't support 'options' input type,
         # we take in a string instead that must be a valid Python script name (excluding the .py part)
@@ -93,4 +103,5 @@ jobs:
     with:
       new_version: ${{ needs.get-new-version.outputs.new_version }}
       ref: ${{ inputs.is_workflow_call && inputs.ref || github.ref }}
+      dry-run: ${{ inputs.dry-run }}
     secrets: inherit
diff --git a/.github/workflows/dev-to-stage.yml b/.github/workflows/dev-to-stage.yml
index beec6c94ab..8bf2f6f99f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dev-to-stage.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dev-to-stage.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,25 @@ name: Dev to stage
 on:
   # This workflow manipulates the stage and dev branches regardless of the branch this workflow is run from
   workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      registry-name:
+        required: true
+        default: docker.io
+        description: 'Docker registry'
+      server-tag:
+        required: true
+        default: 'latest'
+        description: 'Server docker image tag'
+      # For debugging
+      dry-run:
+        required: false
+        default: false
+        type: boolean
+        description: "Don't tag or upload anything to JFrog"
+      test-file:
+        required: false
+        default: ''
+        description: 'new_tests/<value>'
 
 jobs:
   # We want to skip the stage tests if the changes made between dev and stage wouldn't affect the results of the stage tests
@@ -46,6 +65,9 @@ jobs:
     with:
       use_jfrog_builds: true
       jfrog-build-version-to-test: ${{ needs.compare-latest-dev-tag-and-stage.outputs.latest-dev-tag }}
+      registry-name: ${{ inputs.registry-name }}
+      server-tag: ${{ inputs.server-tag }}
+      test-file: ${{ inputs.test-file }}
 
   # Stage tests have passed or skipped
   # so it is safe to update the stage branch with the changes in dev, promote the version to an RC, and rebuild and upload the RC to JFrog
@@ -62,4 +84,5 @@ jobs:
     uses: ./.github/workflows/bump-stage-and-upload-to-jfrog.yml
     with:
       passed-dev-tag: ${{ needs.compare-latest-dev-tag-and-stage.outputs.latest-dev-tag }}
+      dry-run: ${{ inputs.dry-run }}
     secrets: inherit
diff --git a/.github/workflows/stage-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/stage-tests.yml
index 1c76ea938a..8fd5d60f8e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/stage-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/stage-tests.yml
@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@ on:
         required: false
         default: 'latest'
         description: 'Server docker image tag'
+      test-file:
+        required: false
+        default: ''
+        type: string
+        description: 'new_tests/<value>'
       test-macos-x86:
         required: false
         type: boolean
@@ -176,7 +181,7 @@ jobs:
       run: docker exec --workdir /aerospike-client-python/test ${{ env.LINUX_DISTRO_CONTAINER_NAME }} python${{ env.PYTHON_VERSION }} -m ${{ env.PIP_INSTALL_COMMAND }} pytest -c requirements.txt
 
     - name: Run tests
-      run: docker exec --workdir /aerospike-client-python/test ${{ env.LINUX_DISTRO_CONTAINER_NAME }} python${{ env.PYTHON_VERSION }} -m pytest new_tests/
+      run: docker exec --workdir /aerospike-client-python/test ${{ env.LINUX_DISTRO_CONTAINER_NAME }} python${{ env.PYTHON_VERSION }} -m pytest new_tests/${{ inputs.test-file }}
 
   macOS:
     if: ${{ inputs.test-macos-x86 }}
@@ -251,7 +256,7 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Run tests
       if: ${{ matrix.runner-os-and-arch[1] == 'x86_64' }}
-      run: python3 -m pytest new_tests/
+      run: python3 -m pytest new_tests/${{ inputs.test-file }}
       working-directory: test
 
     - name: Run tests on macos 26
diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-version.yml b/.github/workflows/update-version.yml
index 0098a64f2c..55a7cbdb2e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update-version.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-version.yml
@@ -5,12 +5,22 @@ name: Update version in repo
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs:
+      dry-run:
+        required: false
+        default: false
+        type: boolean
+        description: "Don't tag"
       new_version:
         type: string
         description: Version string to set in the repo
         required: true
   workflow_call:
     inputs:
+      dry-run:
+        required: false
+        default: false
+        type: boolean
+        description: "Don't tag"
       new_version:
         type: string
         description: Version string to set in the repo
@@ -61,7 +71,7 @@ jobs:
       with:
         commit_message: 'Auto-bump version to ${{ inputs.new_version }} [skip ci]'
         commit_author: github-actions[bot] <41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
-        tagging_message: ${{ inputs.new_version }}
+        tagging_message: ${{ !inputs.dry-run && inputs.new_version || '' }}
         branch: ${{ inputs.is_workflow_call && inputs.ref || github.ref }}
 
     - name: Output bump commit hash for next jobs to use
diff --git a/.github/workflows/upload-to-jfrog.yml b/.github/workflows/upload-to-jfrog.yml
index 4b1e480db1..e865b28ed9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/upload-to-jfrog.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/upload-to-jfrog.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@ name: Upload to JFrog
 on:
   workflow_call:
     inputs:
+      dry-run:
+        required: false
+        default: false
+        type: boolean
+        description: "Don't upload to jfrog"
       version:
         type: string
         required: false
@@ -39,19 +44,22 @@ jobs:
         JF_URL: ${{ secrets.JFROG_PLATFORM_URL }}
         JF_ACCESS_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.JFROG_ACCESS_TOKEN }}
 
+    - if: ${{ inputs.dry-run }}
+      run: echo "DRY_RUN_FLAG=--dry-run" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
     - name: Upload manylinux builds from arbitrary branches to JFrog generic repo
       if: ${{ inputs.jfrog-repo-name == vars.JFROG_GENERIC_REPO_NAME }}
-      run: jf rt upload "*manylinux*" ${{ vars.JFROG_GENERIC_REPO_NAME }}/${{ github.ref_name }}/
+      run: jf rt upload $DRY_RUN_FLAG "*manylinux*" ${{ vars.JFROG_GENERIC_REPO_NAME }}/${{ github.ref_name }}/
       working-directory: artifacts
 
     - name: Upload passing builds to JFrog PyPI repo
       if: ${{ inputs.jfrog-repo-name == vars.JFROG_REPO_NAME }}
     # Source path must be in quotes if it contains an asterisk
       # https://github.com/jfrog/jfrog-cli/issues/1775#issuecomment-1348986551
-      run: jf rt upload --build-name python-client --build-number $NEW_VERSION "artifacts/*" ${{ vars.JFROG_REPO_NAME }}/aerospike/$NEW_VERSION/
+      run: jf rt upload $DRY_RUN_FLAG --build-name python-client --build-number $NEW_VERSION "artifacts/*" ${{ vars.JFROG_REPO_NAME }}/aerospike/$NEW_VERSION/
       env:
         NEW_VERSION: ${{ inputs.version }}
 
     - name: Publish build info
       if: ${{ inputs.jfrog-repo-name == vars.JFROG_REPO_NAME }}
-      run: jf rt build-publish python-client ${{ inputs.version }}
+      run: jf rt build-publish $DRY_RUN_FLAG python-client ${{ inputs.version }}