diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index f31e27d..8cc16c7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -86,10 +86,14 @@ jobs:
         with:
           node-version: "lts/*"
 
-      - name: login to verdaccio
+      - name: login to 'verdaccio'
         run: npx npm-cli-login -u test -p 1234 -e test@domain.test -r http://localhost:4873
 
-      - name: publish to verdaccio
+      - name: version for 'verdaccio'
+        run: |
+          npm version patch --commit-hooks false --git-tag-version false
+
+      - name: publish to 'verdaccio'
         run: |
           npm publish --registry http://localhost:4873
 
@@ -114,6 +118,10 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
 
     steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        # with:
+        #   submodules: "recursive"
+
       - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: artifact
diff --git a/scripts/getversion.mjs b/scripts/getversion.mjs
index efc782d..bacee25 100644
--- a/scripts/getversion.mjs
+++ b/scripts/getversion.mjs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { readFileSync } from "node:fs";
-import * as core from "@actions/core";
 const { version } = JSON.parse(readFileSync("package.json"));
 console.info(version);
-core.exportVariable("version", version);
+process.stdout.write(`::set-env name=version::${version}`)
+// core.exportVariable("version", version);