diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index c87879340..8e61aa975 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -226,6 +226,7 @@ jobs:
     needs:
       - plan
       - host
+      - custom-publish-pypi # DIRTY: see #16989
     if: ${{ !fromJson(needs.plan.outputs.val).announcement_is_prerelease || fromJson(needs.plan.outputs.val).publish_prereleases }}
     uses: ./.github/workflows/publish-crates.yml
     with:
diff --git a/dist-workspace.toml b/dist-workspace.toml
index d6191b07a..54646216c 100644
--- a/dist-workspace.toml
+++ b/dist-workspace.toml
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ members = ["cargo:."]
 
 # Config for 'dist'
 [dist]
+# See: #16989
+allow-dirty = ["ci"]
 # The preferred dist version to use in CI (Cargo.toml SemVer syntax)
 cargo-dist-version = "0.30.2"
 # Whether to consider the binaries in a package for distribution (defaults true)