diff --git a/.github/actions/dbp-charts/verify-compose/action.yml b/.github/actions/dbp-charts/verify-compose/action.yml
index 7151991dc..56f06d470 100644
--- a/.github/actions/dbp-charts/verify-compose/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/dbp-charts/verify-compose/action.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ inputs:
     description: "full path to docker compose file to test"
     required: false
     default: "./docker-compose.yml"
+  compose_pull:
+    description: "run docker-compose pull before tests"
+    required: false
+    default: "true"
   docker_username:
     description: "username for Docker Hub"
     required: false
@@ -43,3 +47,4 @@ runs:
       shell: bash
       env:
         COMPOSE_FILE_PATH: ${{ inputs.compose_file_path }}
+        COMPOSE_PULL: ${{ inputs.compose_pull }}
diff --git a/.github/actions/dbp-charts/verify-compose/docker_compose.sh b/.github/actions/dbp-charts/verify-compose/docker_compose.sh
index 16da186f9..1909751ad 100755
--- a/.github/actions/dbp-charts/verify-compose/docker_compose.sh
+++ b/.github/actions/dbp-charts/verify-compose/docker_compose.sh
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ docker-compose --version
 docker-compose -f "${COMPOSE_FILE}" config
 echo "Starting Alfresco in docker compose"
 docker-compose ps
-docker-compose -f "${COMPOSE_FILE}" pull --quiet
+if [ "$COMPOSE_PULL" = "true" ]; then
+  docker-compose -f "${COMPOSE_FILE}" pull --quiet
+fi
 export COMPOSE_HTTP_TIMEOUT=120
 docker-compose -f "${COMPOSE_FILE}" up -d --quiet-pull
 
diff --git a/version.txt b/version.txt
index e1c0d594b..c92d06d63 100644
--- a/version.txt
+++ b/version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-v5.33.0
+v5.34.0