diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-ci.yml
index a2aa2a1b..abe20443 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-ci.yml
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ jobs:
 
   check-pr-title:
     name: "Check Title Format"
+    if: ${{ github.ref != 'refs/heads/main' }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: "Check Title Format"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 8b5574f0..2c407a18 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: Nightly CI
+name: Release
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
   push:
diff --git a/RELEASING.md b/RELEASING.md
index 6fe3f056..bde17c74 100644
--- a/RELEASING.md
+++ b/RELEASING.md
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ which just means you get to skip a few chore steps.
 1. Create a new `release-x.y` branch
 2. Perform any maintenance actions
 3. Run `./scripts/make-release.sh`
+4. When the Release workflow succeeds, publish the release using the GitHub UI
 
 ### 1. Create a new `release-x.y` Branch
 
diff --git a/scripts/make-release.sh b/scripts/make-release.sh
index 0578f0fb..218bb15d 100755
--- a/scripts/make-release.sh
+++ b/scripts/make-release.sh
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@
 NOTES=$(git cliff --unreleased --tag $1)
 git tag -a --cleanup verbatim -e -m "$NOTES" $1
 git push origin $1
-gh release create $1 --verify-tag --notes "$NOTES"
+gh release create $1 --draft --verify-tag --notes "$NOTES"
diff --git a/tiledb/api/src/string.rs b/tiledb/api/src/string.rs
index 2312842b..c8db4e9e 100644
--- a/tiledb/api/src/string.rs
+++ b/tiledb/api/src/string.rs
@@ -48,9 +48,16 @@ impl TDBString {
         };
 
         if res == ffi::TILEDB_OK {
-            let raw_slice: &[u8] = unsafe {
-                std::slice::from_raw_parts(c_str as *const u8, c_len)
-            };
+            // The type of `c_str` is platform dependent which means that we
+            // have to cast anything that might use i8 to u8. However, this
+            // means that platforms (i.e., Ubuntu arm64) that have a u8
+            // c_char type will generate a clippy error about an unnecessary
+            // cast from u8 to u8. Hence why we're ignoring the lint here.
+            #[allow(clippy::unnecessary_cast)]
+            let c_u8_str = c_str as *const u8;
+
+            let raw_slice: &[u8] =
+                unsafe { std::slice::from_raw_parts(c_u8_str, c_len) };
             match std::str::from_utf8(raw_slice) {
                 Ok(s) => Ok(s.to_owned()),
                 Err(e) => Err(Error::NonUtf8(raw_slice.to_vec(), e)),