diff --git a/.github/workflows/dev-build.yml b/.github/workflows/dev-build.yml
index a297ebc453..3d2bd14a07 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dev-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dev-build.yml
@@ -55,10 +55,18 @@ on:
         description: Build and push images to DockerHub and ACR
         required: false
         default: true
+      cargo_profile:
+        type: choice
+        description: The cargo profile to use in building GreptimeDB.
+        default: nightly
+        options:
+          - dev
+          - release
+          - nightly
 
 # Use env variables to control all the release process.
 env:
-  CARGO_PROFILE: nightly
+  CARGO_PROFILE: ${{ inputs.cargo_profile }}
 
   # Controls whether to run tests, include unit-test, integration-test and sqlness.
   DISABLE_RUN_TESTS: ${{ inputs.skip_test || vars.DEFAULT_SKIP_TEST }}