diff --git a/.cz.toml b/.cz.toml
index 863d3e75..570b859b 100644
--- a/.cz.toml
+++ b/.cz.toml
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 [tool.commitizen]
 name = "cz_conventional_commits"
 version = "2.3.3"
+version_provider = "poetry"
 version_files = [
     "pyproject.toml",
     "docs/source/conf.py",
-    "hypernetx/__init__.py"
+    "hypernetx/__init__.py",
+    ".cz.toml"
 ]
 tag_format = "v$major.$minor.$patch$prerelease"
 update_changelog_on_bump = false
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index ce188394..01874239 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ on:
       triggeredBy:
         description: 'Name of team member who is manually triggering this workflow'
         required: true
+        default: ''
 
 defaults:
   run:
@@ -28,10 +29,11 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
 
     steps:
-    - run: |
-        echo "This workflow was triggered by: $TRIGGER_PERSON"
+    - if: ${{ inputs.triggeredBy != '' }}
+      run: |
+        echo "This workflow was triggered by: $TEAM_MEMBER"
       env:
-        TRIGGER_PERSON: ${{ inputs.triggeredBy }}
+        TEAM_MEMBER: ${{ inputs.triggeredBy }}
     - run: echo "🎉 The job was automatically triggered by a ${{ github.event_name }} event."
     - run: echo "🐧 This job is now running on a ${{ runner.os }} server hosted by GitHub!"
     - run: echo "🔎 The name of your branch is ${{ github.ref }} and your repository is ${{ github.repository }}."
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-to-dockerhub.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-to-dockerhub.yml
index b705f448..bc3bd6b4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-to-dockerhub.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-to-dockerhub.yml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ on:
       triggeredBy:
         description: 'Name of team member who is manually triggering this workflow'
         required: true
+        default: ''
 
 jobs:
 
@@ -31,12 +32,11 @@ jobs:
       attestations: write
       id-token: write
     steps:
-      - run: |
-          echo "This workflow was triggered by: $TRIGGER_PERSON"
+      - if: ${{ inputs.triggeredBy != '' }}
+        run: |
+          echo "This workflow was triggered by: $TEAM_MEMBER"
         env:
-          TRIGGER_PERSON: ${{ inputs.triggeredBy }}
-          IMAGE_NAME: hypernetx/hypernetx:latest
-
+          TEAM_MEMBER: ${{ inputs.triggeredBy }}
       - run: echo "🎉 The job was automatically triggered by a ${{ github.event_name }} event."
       - run: echo "🐧 This job is now running on a ${{ runner.os }} server hosted by GitHub!"
       - run: echo "🔎 The name of your branch is ${{ github.ref }} and your repository is ${{ github.repository }}."
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ jobs:
         id: push
         uses: docker/build-push-action@v5
         with:
-          tags: ${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}
+          tags: hypernetx/hypernetx:latest
           push: true
 
       - name: Generate artifact attestation
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-to-pypi.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-to-pypi.yml
index d455b713..c87be78d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-to-pypi.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-to-pypi.yml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ on:
       triggeredBy:
         description: 'Name of team member who is manually triggering this workflow'
         required: true
+        default: ''
 
 permissions:
   contents: read
@@ -27,10 +28,11 @@ jobs:
   publish-to-pypi:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-    - run: |
-        echo "This workflow was triggered by: $TRIGGER_PERSON"
+    - if: ${{ inputs.triggeredBy != '' }}
+      run: |
+        echo "This workflow was triggered by: $TEAM_MEMBER"
       env:
-        TRIGGER_PERSON: ${{ inputs.triggeredBy }}
+        TEAM_MEMBER: ${{ inputs.triggeredBy }}
     - run: echo "🎉 The job was automatically triggered by a ${{ github.event_name }} event."
     - run: echo "🐧 This job is now running on a ${{ runner.os }} server hosted by GitHub!"
     - run: echo "🔎 The name of your branch is ${{ github.ref }} and your repository is ${{ github.repository }}."
diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index 0abb590e..c72b4246 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 import os
 
 
-__version__ = "2.3.2"
+__version__ = "2.3.3"
 
 
 # If extensions (or modules to document with autodoc) are in another directory,
diff --git a/hypernetx/__init__.py b/hypernetx/__init__.py
index 1a686e22..3ea7c6f7 100644
--- a/hypernetx/__init__.py
+++ b/hypernetx/__init__.py
@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@
 from hypernetx.utils import *
 from hypernetx.utils.toys import *
 
-__version__ = "2.3.2"
+__version__ = "2.3.3"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index dbd3bf3a..c60467a7 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "hypernetx"
-version = "2.3.2"
+version = "2.3.3"
 description = "HyperNetX is a Python library for the creation and study of hypergraphs."
 authors = ["Brenda Praggastis <Brenda.Praggastis@pnnl.gov>", "Dustin Arendt <dustin.arendt@pnnl.gov>",
     "Sinan Aksoy <sinan.aksoy@pnnl.gov>", "Emilie Purvine <Emilie.Purvine@pnnl.gov>",