diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/python-publish.yml
index ed46166..1194ecb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python-publish.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,20 @@ jobs:
       
       - name: Install uv
         run: pip install uv
+
+      - name: Extract version from release tag
+        run: |
+          TAG_NAME=${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/}
+          VERSION=${TAG_NAME#v}
+          echo "VERSION=$VERSION" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "Extracted version: $VERSION"
       
+      - name: Update version in pyproject.toml
+        run: |
+          sed -i "s/version = \"[0-9]*\.[0-9]*\.[0-9]*\"/version = \"$VERSION\"/" pyproject.toml
+          echo "Updated pyproject.toml with version $VERSION"
+          cat pyproject.toml | grep version     
+
       - name: Build package
         run: uv build
       
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 70f530c..107a021 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
 [project]
 name = "numpysocket"
-version = "2.0.1"
+version = "9.9.9"
 description = "Socket.Socket Subclass for Sending Numpy Arrays"
 readme = "README.md"
 authors = [