diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-embedding-sdk.yml b/.github/workflows/release-embedding-sdk.yml
index c524c101fcacff703fdbc6d3209a5d5b188460d1..79d0afecbb0f1e356c83ea7c3d8677ada396abec 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-embedding-sdk.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-embedding-sdk.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ on:
         default: "master"
         options:
           - master
-          - release-x.51.x
+          - 49881-release-51-prevent-sdk-from-being-upgraded-unintentionally
 
 concurrency:
   # We want to ensure only one job is running at a time per branch because
@@ -254,10 +254,10 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           echo //registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken=${{ secrets.NPM_RELEASE_TOKEN }} > .npmrc
           # Please keep the value in sync with `inputs.branch`'s release branch
-          npm publish --dry-run --tag ${{fromJson('{"master": "nightly", "release-x.51.x": "51-stable"}')[inputs.branch]}}
+          npm publish --dry-run --tag ${{fromJson('{"master": "nightly", "49881-release-51-prevent-sdk-from-being-upgraded-unintentionally": "51-stable"}')[inputs.branch]}}
 
-      - name: Add `latest` tag to the latest release branch (`release-x.51.x`) deployment
-        if: ${{ inputs.branch == 'release-x.51.x' }}
+      - name: Add `latest` tag to the latest release branch (`49881-release-51-prevent-sdk-from-being-upgraded-unintentionally`) deployment
+        if: ${{ inputs.branch == '49881-release-51-prevent-sdk-from-being-upgraded-unintentionally' }}
         working-directory: sdk
         run: |
           # npm dist-tag add @metabase/embedding-sdk-react@${{ env.sdk_version }} latest