diff --git a/admin/prepare_test_release.sh b/admin/prepare_test_release.sh
index 1ca829b14..2d0f13a27 100644
--- a/admin/prepare_test_release.sh
+++ b/admin/prepare_test_release.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
 # Modify the files for a test release 0.99.xx where xx is the value passed
 # to the command line.
 
+if [ -z "$1" ]; then
+  echo "Please provide a patch version number."
+  exit 1
+fi
+
 # Dummy version number
 sed -ri "s/(PROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR\s\")([0-9]+)(.*)/\10\3/g" CMakeLists.txt
 sed -ri "s/(PROJECT_VERSION_MINOR\s\")([0-9]+)(.*)/\199\3/g" CMakeLists.txt
@@ -12,4 +17,7 @@ sed -ri "s/secrets.PYPI/secrets.TESTPYPI/g" .github/workflows/cpp-python-build.y
 sed -ri "s/upload dist/upload --repository testpypi dist/g" .github/workflows/cpp-python-build.yml
 
 # Trigger a CodeQL review
-sed -ri "s/branches:\s\[master\]/branches: \[master, release\/v1.1\]/g" .github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
+sed -ri "s/branches:\s\[master\]/branches: \[master, test-release\/v0.99\]/g" .github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
+
+# Commit the changes.
+git commit -m "Prepare test release v0.99.$1" CMakeLists.txt JSBSim.vcxproj .github/workflows/cpp-python-build.yml .github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml