diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 0f90868f..fa2ff8cd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -17,16 +17,19 @@ jobs:
       attestations: write
     outputs:
       version: ${{ steps.package-version.outputs.version }}
+      npm-tag: ${{ steps.release-kind.outputs.npm-tag }}
+      prerelease: ${{ steps.release-kind.outputs.prerelease }}
     steps:
       - name: Reject disallowed branch
         if: >-
           ${{ !startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/heads/development/')
-          && !startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/heads/hotfix/') }}
+          && !startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/heads/hotfix/')
+          && !startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/heads/epic/') }}
         env:
           REF_NAME: ${{ github.ref_name }}
         run: |
-          echo "::error::Releases must run from a development/* or" \
-            "hotfix/* branch (got $REF_NAME)"
+          echo "::error::Releases must run from a development/*," \
+            "hotfix/* or epic/* branch (got $REF_NAME)"
           exit 1
 
       - name: Checkout code
@@ -39,6 +42,24 @@ jobs:
         id: package-version
         run: echo "version=$(node -p "require('./package.json').version")" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
+      - name: Pick npm dist-tag
+        id: release-kind
+        env:
+          REF_NAME: ${{ github.ref_name }}
+          VERSION: ${{ steps.package-version.outputs.version }}
+        run: |
+          case "${VERSION%%+*}" in
+            *-*) prerelease=true; npm_tag=prerelease ;;
+            *) prerelease=false; npm_tag=latest ;;
+          esac
+          if [[ "$REF_NAME" == epic/* && "$prerelease" != true ]]; then
+            echo "::error::An epic/* branch releases prerelease" \
+              "versions only (got $VERSION)"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+          echo "npm-tag=$npm_tag" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          echo "prerelease=$prerelease" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+
       - name: Fail if release already exists
         env:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
@@ -105,11 +126,12 @@ jobs:
       - name: Publish to npm with provenance
         env:
           VERSION: ${{ needs.build.outputs.version }}
+          NPM_TAG: ${{ needs.build.outputs.npm-tag }}
         run: |
           if [ -n "$(npm view "@scality/cloudserverclient@$VERSION" version 2>/dev/null)" ]; then
             echo "::notice::@scality/cloudserverclient@$VERSION already on npm; skipping"
           else
-            npm publish *.tgz --provenance --tag latest
+            npm publish *.tgz --provenance --tag "$NPM_TAG"
           fi
 
   publish-github:
@@ -135,11 +157,12 @@ jobs:
         env:
           NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           VERSION: ${{ needs.build.outputs.version }}
+          NPM_TAG: ${{ needs.build.outputs.npm-tag }}
         run: |
           if [ -n "$(npm view "@scality/cloudserverclient@$VERSION" version 2>/dev/null)" ]; then
             echo "::notice::@scality/cloudserverclient@$VERSION already on GitHub Packages; skipping"
           else
-            npm publish *.tgz --tag latest
+            npm publish *.tgz --tag "$NPM_TAG"
           fi
 
   create-release:
@@ -157,6 +180,7 @@ jobs:
           tag_name: ${{ needs.build.outputs.version }}
           name: Release ${{ needs.build.outputs.version }}
           target_commitish: ${{ github.sha }}
+          prerelease: ${{ needs.build.outputs.prerelease == 'true' }}
           generate_release_notes: true
           append_body: true
           body: |
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 19d8a425..d0667dc5 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@scality/cloudserverclient",
-  "version": "1.0.13",
+  "version": "1.0.14-bnaas.1",
   "engines": {
     "node": ">=20"
   },