diff --git a/.github/workflows/workflow_build_and_release_containers.yaml b/.github/workflows/workflow_build_and_release_containers.yaml
index 3d13fe6e..2834d5d8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/workflow_build_and_release_containers.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/workflow_build_and_release_containers.yaml
@@ -18,9 +18,18 @@ jobs:
     outputs:
       version: ${{ steps.date-version.outputs.version }}
     steps: 
-    - name: Generate Date Version
-      id: date-version
-      uses: StackEng/CoreEngineering.CITools/actions/date_version@v1
+# manually generate version until permissions are sorted
+#    - name: Generate Date Version
+#      id: date-version
+#      uses: StackEng/CoreEngineering.CITools/actions/date_version@v1
+    - name: Set Version
+      if: ${{ github.ref_name == 'main' }}
+      run: |
+        # Year.Month.Day.HourMinSec (no zero padding in each segment)
+        VERSION="$(date -u +'%Y.%-m.%-d.%-H%M%S')"
+        echo "version=$version" >> $env:GITHUB_OUTPUT
+        echo "generated version: $version"
+
 
   build_docker:
     needs: [generate_date_version]