diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 8f75128..7341724 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -38,18 +38,10 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
-      - name: Test GH_TOKEN permissions
-        run: |
-          curl -v -H "Authorization: token ${{ secrets.GH_TOKEN }}" \
-            https://api.github.com/repos/${{ github.repository }}
-        shell: bash
       - name: Set git user for hawkdeploy
         run: |
-          git config user.name "${{ secrets.GH_DEPLOY_USER }}"
-          git config user.email "${{ secrets.GH_DEPLOY_EMAIL }}"
-      - name: Set up git for pushing
-        run: |
-          git remote set-url origin https://x-access-token:${{ secrets.GH_TOKEN }}@github.com/${{ github.repository }}.git
+          git config user.name "github-actions[bot]"
+          git config user.email "41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
       - name: Show git user and remote
         run: |
           git config --get user.name
@@ -82,11 +74,13 @@ jobs:
           fetch-depth: 0
       - name: Set git user for hawkdeploy
         run: |
-          git config user.name "${{ secrets.GH_DEPLOY_USER }}"
-          git config user.email "${{ secrets.GH_DEPLOY_EMAIL }}"
-      - name: Set up git for pushing
+          git config user.name "github-actions[bot]"
+          git config user.email "41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
+      - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
-          git remote set-url origin https://${{ secrets.GH_DEPLOY_USER }}:${{ secrets.GH_TOKEN }}@github.com/${{ github.repository }}.git
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          pip install -r requirements.txt
+          pip install .
       - name: Bump patch version with bumpver
         run: bumpver update --patch --commit
       - name: Push version bump commit
diff --git a/.github/workflows/prepare-release.yml b/.github/workflows/prepare-release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..54eb786
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/prepare-release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+name: Prepare Release
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+
+jobs:
+  bump-minor-version:
+    name: Bump Minor Version
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          ref: main
+          fetch-depth: 0
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.11'
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          pip install -r requirements.txt
+          pip install .
+      - name: Set git user for github-actions
+        run: |
+          git config user.name "github-actions[bot]"
+          git config user.email "41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
+      - name: Bump minor version with bumpver
+        run: bumpver update --minor --commit
+      - name: Push version bump commit
+        run: |
+          git push origin HEAD:main 
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 9845c78..525bf06 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 name: Release
 
 on:
-  release:
-    types: [published]
+  workflow_dispatch:
 
 permissions:
   contents: write
@@ -51,11 +50,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install build dependencies
         run: |
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-          pip install build bumpver
-      - name: Set up git for pushing
-        run: |
-          git config user.name "github-actions[bot]"
-          git config user.email "41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
+          pip install build
       - name: Build package
         run: |
           python -m build
@@ -72,10 +67,6 @@ jobs:
         with:
           ref: ${{ github.ref }}
           fetch-depth: 0
-      - name: Set up git for pushing
-        run: |
-          git config user.name "github-actions[bot]"
-          git config user.email "41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
       - name: Set up QEMU
         uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v3
       - name: Set up Docker Buildx