diff --git a/.github/workflows/new-version.yml b/.github/workflows/new-version.yml
index 10209f9b..05c97a86 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/new-version.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/new-version.yml
@@ -37,4 +37,5 @@ jobs:
       issues: write
     with:
       pkg: ${{ matrix.pkg }}
+      complain: ${{ github.event_name == 'workflow_call' }}
     secrets: inherit
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pkg-platform.yml b/.github/workflows/pkg-platform.yml
index 3079a33a..35278c6f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pkg-platform.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pkg-platform.yml
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ on:
           Indeed! You cannot leave this as `null` or undefined.
           Sorry, GHA is not flexible enough to efficiently work around this.
         type: string
+      complain:
+        type: boolean
+        default: false
     secrets:
       APPLE_CERTIFICATE_P12: { required: false }
       APPLE_CERTIFICATE_P12_PASSWORD: { required: false }
@@ -223,7 +226,7 @@ jobs:
 
   complain:
     needs: bottle
-    if: failure() && !inputs.dry-run
+    if: failure() && !inputs.dry-run && inputs.complain
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     permissions:
       issues: write
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pkg.yml b/.github/workflows/pkg.yml
index f23425b0..bacd4bde 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pkg.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pkg.yml
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ on:
       dry-run:
         type: boolean
         default: false
+      complain:
+        type: boolean
+        default: false
 
 jobs:
   plan:
@@ -46,4 +49,5 @@ jobs:
       test-container: ${{ toJSON(matrix.platform.test-container) }}
       dry-run: ${{ inputs.dry-run }}
       tinyname: ${{ matrix.platform.tinyname }}
+      complain: ${{ inputs.complain }}
     secrets: inherit