diff --git a/.github/workflows/antora-generate.yml b/.github/workflows/antora-generate.yml
index f5cd25cfbf..089f0ac041 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/antora-generate.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/antora-generate.yml
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 name: Generate Antora Files and Request Build
 
 on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
   push:
     branches-ignore:
       - 'gh-pages'
+    tags: '**'
 
 env:
   GH_ACTIONS_REPO_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_ACTIONS_REPO_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/springframework/gradle/antora/CheckAntoraVersionPlugin.java b/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/springframework/gradle/antora/CheckAntoraVersionPlugin.java
index a0dcb966cc..464b7ce677 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/springframework/gradle/antora/CheckAntoraVersionPlugin.java
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/springframework/gradle/antora/CheckAntoraVersionPlugin.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ public class CheckAntoraVersionPlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
 				antoraCheckVersion.setDescription("Checks the antora.yml version properties match the Gradle version");
 				antoraCheckVersion.getAntoraVersion().convention(project.provider(() -> getDefaultAntoraVersion(project)));
 				antoraCheckVersion.getAntoraPrerelease().convention(project.provider(() -> getDefaultAntoraPrerelease(project)));
+				antoraCheckVersion.getAntoraDisplayVersion().convention(project.provider(() -> getDefaultAntoraDisplayVersion(project)));
 				antoraCheckVersion.getAntoraYmlFile().fileProvider(project.provider(() -> project.file("antora.yml")));
 			}
 		});
@@ -54,6 +55,14 @@ public class CheckAntoraVersionPlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
 		return null;
 	}
 
+	private static String getDefaultAntoraDisplayVersion(Project project) {
+		String projectVersion = getProjectVersion(project);
+		if (!isSnapshot(projectVersion) && isPreRelease(projectVersion)) {
+			return getDefaultAntoraVersion(project);
+		}
+		return null;
+	}
+
 	private static String getProjectVersion(Project project) {
 		Object projectVersion = project.getVersion();
 		if (projectVersion == null) {
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/springframework/gradle/antora/CheckAntoraVersionTask.java b/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/springframework/gradle/antora/CheckAntoraVersionTask.java
index 01225d79dc..3a5b43e800 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/springframework/gradle/antora/CheckAntoraVersionTask.java
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/springframework/gradle/antora/CheckAntoraVersionTask.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ public abstract class CheckAntoraVersionTask extends DefaultTask {
 		File antoraYmlFile = getAntoraYmlFile().getAsFile().get();
 		String expectedAntoraVersion = getAntoraVersion().get();
 		String expectedAntoraPrerelease = getAntoraPrerelease().getOrElse(null);
+		String expectedAntoraDisplayVersion = getAntoraDisplayVersion().getOrElse(null);
 
 		Representer representer = new Representer();
 		representer.getPropertyUtils().setSkipMissingProperties(true);
@@ -32,10 +33,17 @@ public abstract class CheckAntoraVersionTask extends DefaultTask {
 		String actualAntoraPrerelease = antoraYml.getPrerelease();
 		boolean preReleaseMatches = antoraYml.getPrerelease() == null && expectedAntoraPrerelease == null ||
 				(actualAntoraPrerelease != null && actualAntoraPrerelease.equals(expectedAntoraPrerelease));
+		String actualAntoraDisplayVersion = antoraYml.getDisplay_version();
+		boolean displayVersionMatches = antoraYml.getDisplay_version() == null && expectedAntoraDisplayVersion == null ||
+				(actualAntoraDisplayVersion != null && actualAntoraDisplayVersion.equals(expectedAntoraDisplayVersion));
 		String actualAntoraVersion = antoraYml.getVersion();
 		if (!preReleaseMatches ||
+				!displayVersionMatches ||
 				!expectedAntoraVersion.equals(actualAntoraVersion)) {
-			throw new GradleException("The Gradle version of '" + getProject().getVersion() + "' should have version: '" + expectedAntoraVersion + "' and prerelease: '" + expectedAntoraPrerelease + "' defined in " + antoraYmlFile + " but got version: '" + actualAntoraVersion+"' and prerelease: '" + actualAntoraPrerelease + "'");
+			throw new GradleException("The Gradle version of '" + getProject().getVersion() + "' should have version: '"
+					+ expectedAntoraVersion + "' prerelease: '" + expectedAntoraPrerelease + "' display_version: '"
+					+ expectedAntoraDisplayVersion + "' defined in " + antoraYmlFile + " but got version: '"
+					+ actualAntoraVersion + "' prerelease: '" + actualAntoraPrerelease + "' display_version: '" + actualAntoraDisplayVersion + "'");
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -48,11 +56,16 @@ public abstract class CheckAntoraVersionTask extends DefaultTask {
 	@Input
 	public abstract Property<String> getAntoraPrerelease();
 
+	@Input
+	public abstract Property<String> getAntoraDisplayVersion();
+
 	public static class AntoraYml {
 		private String version;
 
 		private String prerelease;
 
+		private String display_version;
+
 		public String getVersion() {
 			return version;
 		}
@@ -68,5 +81,13 @@ public abstract class CheckAntoraVersionTask extends DefaultTask {
 		public void setPrerelease(String prerelease) {
 			this.prerelease = prerelease;
 		}
+
+		public String getDisplay_version() {
+			return display_version;
+		}
+
+		public void setDisplay_version(String display_version) {
+			this.display_version = display_version;
+		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/test/java/org/springframework/gradle/antora/CheckAntoraVersionPluginTests.java b/buildSrc/src/test/java/org/springframework/gradle/antora/CheckAntoraVersionPluginTests.java
index 81f5502572..98eedad65e 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/test/java/org/springframework/gradle/antora/CheckAntoraVersionPluginTests.java
+++ b/buildSrc/src/test/java/org/springframework/gradle/antora/CheckAntoraVersionPluginTests.java
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ class CheckAntoraVersionPluginTests {
 		CheckAntoraVersionTask checkAntoraVersionTask = (CheckAntoraVersionTask) task;
 		assertThat(checkAntoraVersionTask.getAntoraVersion().get()).isEqualTo("1.0.0");
 		assertThat(checkAntoraVersionTask.getAntoraPrerelease().get()).isEqualTo("-SNAPSHOT");
+		assertThat(checkAntoraVersionTask.getAntoraDisplayVersion().isPresent()).isFalse();
 		assertThat(checkAntoraVersionTask.getAntoraYmlFile().getAsFile().get()).isEqualTo(project.file("antora.yml"));
 	}
 
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ class CheckAntoraVersionPluginTests {
 		CheckAntoraVersionTask checkAntoraVersionTask = (CheckAntoraVersionTask) task;
 		assertThat(checkAntoraVersionTask.getAntoraVersion().get()).isEqualTo("1.0.0-M1");
 		assertThat(checkAntoraVersionTask.getAntoraPrerelease().get()).isEqualTo("true");
+		assertThat(checkAntoraVersionTask.getAntoraDisplayVersion().get()).isEqualTo(checkAntoraVersionTask.getAntoraVersion().get());
 		assertThat(checkAntoraVersionTask.getAntoraYmlFile().getAsFile().get()).isEqualTo(project.file("antora.yml"));
 	}
 
@@ -65,6 +67,7 @@ class CheckAntoraVersionPluginTests {
 		CheckAntoraVersionTask checkAntoraVersionTask = (CheckAntoraVersionTask) task;
 		assertThat(checkAntoraVersionTask.getAntoraVersion().get()).isEqualTo("1.0.0-RC1");
 		assertThat(checkAntoraVersionTask.getAntoraPrerelease().get()).isEqualTo("true");
+		assertThat(checkAntoraVersionTask.getAntoraDisplayVersion().get()).isEqualTo(checkAntoraVersionTask.getAntoraVersion().get());
 		assertThat(checkAntoraVersionTask.getAntoraYmlFile().getAsFile().get()).isEqualTo(project.file("antora.yml"));
 	}
 
@@ -82,6 +85,7 @@ class CheckAntoraVersionPluginTests {
 		CheckAntoraVersionTask checkAntoraVersionTask = (CheckAntoraVersionTask) task;
 		assertThat(checkAntoraVersionTask.getAntoraVersion().get()).isEqualTo("1.0.0");
 		assertThat(checkAntoraVersionTask.getAntoraPrerelease().isPresent()).isFalse();
+		assertThat(checkAntoraVersionTask.getAntoraDisplayVersion().isPresent()).isFalse();
 		assertThat(checkAntoraVersionTask.getAntoraYmlFile().getAsFile().get()).isEqualTo(project.file("antora.yml"));
 	}
 
@@ -97,6 +101,7 @@ class CheckAntoraVersionPluginTests {
 		checkAntoraVersionTask.getAntoraPrerelease().set("-SNAPSHOT");
 		assertThat(checkAntoraVersionTask.getAntoraVersion().get()).isEqualTo("1.0.0");
 		assertThat(checkAntoraVersionTask.getAntoraPrerelease().get()).isEqualTo("-SNAPSHOT");
+		assertThat(checkAntoraVersionTask.getAntoraDisplayVersion().isPresent()).isFalse();
 		assertThat(checkAntoraVersionTask.getAntoraYmlFile().getAsFile().get()).isEqualTo(project.file("antora.yml"));
 	}
 
@@ -170,7 +175,7 @@ class CheckAntoraVersionPluginTests {
 		String expectedVersion = "1.0.0-M1";
 		Project project = ProjectBuilder.builder().build();
 		File rootDir = project.getRootDir();
-		IOUtils.write("version: '1.0.0-M1'\nprerelease: 'true'", new FileOutputStream(new File(rootDir, "antora.yml")), StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+		IOUtils.write("version: '1.0.0-M1'\nprerelease: 'true'\ndisplay_version: '1.0.0-M1'", new FileOutputStream(new File(rootDir, "antora.yml")), StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
 		project.setVersion(expectedVersion);
 		project.getPluginManager().apply(CheckAntoraVersionPlugin.class);
 
@@ -187,7 +192,7 @@ class CheckAntoraVersionPluginTests {
 		String expectedVersion = "1.0.0-RC1";
 		Project project = ProjectBuilder.builder().build();
 		File rootDir = project.getRootDir();
-		IOUtils.write("version: '1.0.0-RC1'\nprerelease: 'true'", new FileOutputStream(new File(rootDir, "antora.yml")), StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+		IOUtils.write("version: '1.0.0-RC1'\nprerelease: 'true'\ndisplay_version: '1.0.0-RC1'", new FileOutputStream(new File(rootDir, "antora.yml")), StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
 		project.setVersion(expectedVersion);
 		project.getPluginManager().apply(CheckAntoraVersionPlugin.class);