diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-workflow.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-workflow.yml
index 0371ed3..a8d2070 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-workflow.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-workflow.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   semver-check:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: github.event_name == 'pull_request'
     outputs:
       version: ${{ steps.get-version.outputs.version }}
     steps:
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ jobs:
           echo "Branch prefix is valid"
 
       - name: Set next version number based on prefix
+        id: get-version
         if: github.event_name == 'pull_request'
         run: |
           echo "Getting next version number..."
@@ -68,11 +70,11 @@ jobs:
             echo "Error: working branch prefix not found"
             exit 1
           fi
+          echo "::set-output name=version::$(jq -r '.version' package.json)"
       
-      - name: Get version number
-        if: github.event_name == 'push'
-        id: get-version
-        run: echo "::set-output name=version::$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0)"
+      - name: Tag commit with new version
+        if: github.event_name == 'pull_request'
+        run: git tag ${{ steps.get-version.outputs.version }}
 
       - name: Setup git
         if: github.event_name == 'pull_request'
@@ -107,17 +109,19 @@ jobs:
   gh-release:
     if: github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs:
-      - semver-check
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
         
+      - name: Get semver version
+        id: version-check
+        run: echo "::set-output name=version::$(jq -r '.version' package.json)"
+
       - name: Create release
         uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
         with:
-          name: "New release ${{ needs.semver-check.outputs.version }}"
-          tag_name: ${{ needs.semver-check.outputs.version }}
+          name: "New release ${{ steps.version-check.outputs.version }}"
+          tag_name: ${{ steps.version-check.outputs.version }}
           generate_release_notes: true
           draft: false
           prerelease: false
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index dcd66d8..0ac6a31 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "mochawesome-json-to-md",
-  "version": "1.3.4",
+  "version": "1.3.5",
   "lockfileVersion": 2,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "mochawesome-json-to-md",
-      "version": "1.3.4",
+      "version": "1.3.5",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "commander": "^11.1.0",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 71669a6..a362b86 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "mochawesome-json-to-md",
-  "version": "1.3.4",
+  "version": "1.3.5",
   "description": "A repository containing a script to convert JSON reports generated by MochAwesome to Mardown",
   "main": "index.js",
   "bin": {