diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index fb753b22..3a0b4184 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,29 @@ on:
     branches:
       - main
       - master
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      beaker_staging_url:
+        description: |-
+          URL to a staging Server to test unreleased packages.
+          We will append the version to the Server and assume all packages are in the same directory.
+          Only supported for AIO packages.
+        required: false
+        type: string
+        default: 'https://artifacts.voxpupuli.org/openvox-agent'
+      beaker_collection:
+        description: |-
+          When set to staging, we will download the packages from staging_url.
+          Otherwise we will use the official repos. Supported values: puppet7, puppet8, openvox7, openvox8, staging.
+          When unset, we will generate a list of supported collections based on metadata.json.
+        required: false
+        type: string
+      beaker_staging_version:
+        description: |-
+          The package version we want to test.
+          Only used for beaker_collection = staging
+        required: false
+        type: string
 
 concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.ref_name }}
@@ -24,4 +47,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Puppet
     uses: voxpupuli/gha-puppet/.github/workflows/beaker.yml@v4
     with:
+      beaker_staging_url: ${{ inputs.beaker_staging_url }}
+      beaker_collection: ${{ inputs.beaker_collection }}
+      beaker_staging_version: ${{ inputs.beaker_staging_version }}
       beaker_facter: 'nodejs_version:NodeJS:16,18,20,22,24'
diff --git a/.msync.yml b/.msync.yml
index fae75b07..bfb9bee8 100644
--- a/.msync.yml
+++ b/.msync.yml
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 # Managed by modulesync - DO NOT EDIT
 # https://voxpupuli.org/docs/updating-files-managed-with-modulesync/
 
-modulesync_config_version: '10.7.0'
+modulesync_config_version: '10.8.0'
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 7cfa908d..d99cc97a 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ source ENV['GEM_SOURCE'] || 'https://rubygems.org'
 
 group :test do
   gem 'voxpupuli-test', '~> 14.0',  :require => false
-  gem 'puppet_metadata', '~> 6.0',  :require => false
+  gem 'puppet_metadata', '~> 6.1',  :require => false
   gem 'rexml',                      :require => false
 end
 
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ group :development do
 end
 
 group :system_tests do
-  gem 'voxpupuli-acceptance', '~> 4.0',  :require => false
+  gem 'voxpupuli-acceptance', '~> 4.4',  :require => false
 end
 
 group :release do