diff --git a/.github/workflows/ghcr_deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/ghcr_deploy.yml
index 2cc082c7c..5d2efd329 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ghcr_deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ghcr_deploy.yml
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@ on:
     inputs:
       tag:
         description: "The tag version you want to build"
-      stable:
-        description: "Build Stable version"
-        type: boolean
-        default: false
+      release_type:
+        description: "The release type you want to build. Can be 'latest', 'stable', 'dev'"
+        type: string
+        default: "latest"
       commit_hash:
         description: "Commit hash"
         required: true
@@ -21,23 +21,6 @@ env:
 
 # There is a single job in this workflow. It's configured to run on the latest available version of Ubuntu.
 jobs:
-  determine-release-type:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: Set release type
-        id: set-release-type
-        run: |
-          if [ "${{ github.event.inputs.stable }}" == "true" ]; then
-            echo "stable release"
-            echo "type_release=stable" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-          else
-            echo "latest release"
-            echo "type_release=latest" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-          fi
-          echo "type_release value: $type_release"
-        env:
-          ACTIONS_ALLOW_ENV_MARK: true
-
   docker-hub-deploy:
     if: github.repository == 'BerriAI/litellm'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -111,7 +94,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           context: https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm.git#${{ github.event.inputs.commit_hash}}
           push: true
-          tags: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.tags }}-${{ github.event.inputs.tag || 'latest' }}, ${{ steps.meta.outputs.tags }}-${{ env.type_release }} # if a tag is provided, use that, otherwise use the release tag, and if neither is available, use 'latest'
+          tags: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.tags }}-${{ github.event.inputs.tag || 'latest' }}, ${{ steps.meta.outputs.tags }}-${{ github.event.inputs.release_type }} # if a tag is provided, use that, otherwise use the release tag, and if neither is available, use 'latest'
           labels: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.labels }}
           platforms: local,linux/amd64,linux/arm64,linux/arm64/v8
           
@@ -148,7 +131,7 @@ jobs:
           context: https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm.git#${{ github.event.inputs.commit_hash}}
           file: Dockerfile.database
           push: true
-          tags: ${{ steps.meta-database.outputs.tags }}-${{ github.event.inputs.tag || 'latest' }}, ${{ steps.meta-database.outputs.tags }}-${{ env.type_release }} 
+          tags: ${{ steps.meta-database.outputs.tags }}-${{ github.event.inputs.tag || 'latest' }}, ${{ steps.meta-database.outputs.tags }}-${{ github.event.inputs.release_type }} 
           labels: ${{ steps.meta-database.outputs.labels }} 
           platforms: local,linux/amd64,linux/arm64,linux/arm64/v8
   
@@ -185,7 +168,7 @@ jobs:
           context: https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm.git#${{ github.event.inputs.commit_hash}}
           file: ./litellm-js/spend-logs/Dockerfile
           push: true
-          tags: ${{ steps.meta-spend-logs.outputs.tags }}-${{ github.event.inputs.tag || 'latest' }}, ${{ steps.meta-spend-logs.outputs.tags }}-${{ env.type_release }}
+          tags: ${{ steps.meta-spend-logs.outputs.tags }}-${{ github.event.inputs.tag || 'latest' }}, ${{ steps.meta-spend-logs.outputs.tags }}-${{ github.event.inputs.release_type }}
           platforms: local,linux/amd64,linux/arm64,linux/arm64/v8
 
   build-and-push-helm-chart: