diff --git a/.github/workflows/ios-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ios-ci.yml
index 18cc33e34..9f958d564 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ios-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ios-ci.yml
@@ -205,6 +205,19 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           HOSTING_BASE_PATH="maplibre-native/ios/latest" platform/ios/scripts/docc.sh
 
+      # Trigger release on main if VERSION file changed
+
+      - name: VERSION file changed
+        if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'
+        id: version-file-ios-changed
+        uses: tj-actions/changed-files@e0021407031f5be11a464abee9a0776171c79891 # v47.0.1
+        with:
+          files: platform/ios/VERSION
+
+      - name: Run release
+        if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' && steps.version-file-ios-changed.outputs.any_changed == 'true'
+        uses: ./.github/workflows/ios-release.yml
+
   ios-build-cmake:
     needs: pre_job
     runs-on: macos-14
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ios-release.yml b/.github/workflows/ios-release.yml
index d82c001cb..c3560b164 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ios-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ios-release.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ on:
         type: string
         default: ''
         description: Version (only for pre-releases)
+  workflow_call:
 
 jobs:
   ios-build-dynamic:
diff --git a/platform/ios/VERSION b/platform/ios/VERSION
index 0b31cc63b..d10b46cf3 100644
--- a/platform/ios/VERSION
+++ b/platform/ios/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-6.23.0
+6.23.1-pre0