diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 9bee9f2..fb0ccfb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ permissions:
   contents: read
   id-token: write
 
+concurrency:
+  group: release-${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}
+  cancel-in-progress: false
+
 jobs:
   release:
     name: Build and Publish
@@ -16,10 +20,22 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
         uses: actions/checkout@v7
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}
 
       - name: Get version from tag
         id: version
-        run: echo "version=${GITHUB_REF_NAME#v}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+        env:
+          RELEASE_TAG: ${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}
+        run: |
+          version="${RELEASE_TAG#v}"
+
+          if ! [[ "$version" =~ ^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+([.-][0-9A-Za-z.-]+)?$ ]]; then
+            echo "Release tag must look like v1.2.3 or 1.2.3, got '${RELEASE_TAG}'"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+          echo "version=$version" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
 
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v6