diff --git a/.github/workflows/tag-and-release.yml b/.github/workflows/tag-and-release.yml
index 2b7257a..7e134cd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tag-and-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tag-and-release.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ on:
 jobs:
   tag-and-release:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+      new_version: ${{ steps.bump_version.outputs.NEW_VERSION }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
@@ -76,9 +78,8 @@ jobs:
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
           pip install build
       - name: Build package
+        env:
+          PACKAGE_VERSION: ${{ needs.tag-and-release.outputs.new_version }}
         run: python -m build
       - name: Publish package
-        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@v1.9.0
-        # with:
-        #   user: ${{ secrets.PYPI_PASSWORD }}
-        #   password: ${{ secrets.PYPI_PASSWORD }}
\ No newline at end of file
+        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@v1.9.0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/code_collator/collate.py b/code_collator/collate.py
index 6e8f0de..e69110c 100644
--- a/code_collator/collate.py
+++ b/code_collator/collate.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ def setup_logging():
         force=True
     )
 
+
 def is_binary_file(filepath):
     """Check if a file is binary."""
     try:
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ def is_binary_file(filepath):
         logging.error("Error reading file %s: %s", filepath, e)
         return False
 
+
 def read_gitignore(path):
     """Read the .gitignore file and return patterns to ignore."""
     gitignore_path = os.path.join(path, '.gitignore')
@@ -45,6 +47,7 @@ def should_ignore(file_path, ignore_patterns):
         return True
     return any(fnmatch(file_path, pattern) for pattern in ignore_patterns)
 
+
 def collate_codebase(path, output_file):
     """Aggregate the codebase into a single Markdown file."""
     ignore_patterns = read_gitignore(path)
@@ -57,7 +60,7 @@ def collate_codebase(path, output_file):
                     if should_ignore(file_path, ignore_patterns):
                         logging.info("Ignored file %s", file_path)
                         continue
-                    
+
                     output.write(f"## {file_path}\n\n")
                     is_binary = is_binary_file(file_path)
                     logging.info("File %s is binary: %s", file_path, is_binary)
@@ -76,19 +79,27 @@ def collate_codebase(path, output_file):
         logging.info("Collated codebase written to %s", output_file)
     except Exception as e:
         logging.error("Error writing to output file %s: %s", output_file, e)
-        
+
+
 def main():
     """Parse arguments and initiate codebase collation."""
     setup_logging()
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Aggregate codebase into a single Markdown file.")
-    parser.add_argument('-p', '--path', type=str, default='.', help="Specify the path to the codebase directory (default: current directory)")
-    parser.add_argument('-o', '--output', type=str, default='collated-code.md', help="Specify output file (default: collated-code.md)")
-    
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '-p',
+        '--path',
+        type=str,
+        default='.',
+        help="Specify the path to the codebase directory (default: current directory)")
+    parser.add_argument('-o', '--output', type=str, default='collated-code.md',
+                        help="Specify output file (default: collated-code.md)")
+
     args = parser.parse_args()
-    
+
     logging.info("Starting code collation for directory: %s", args.path)
     collate_codebase(args.path, args.output)
     logging.info("Code collation completed.")
 
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     main()
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index d5b3b1e..0c4dbf3 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,15 +1,12 @@
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 import pathlib
-import subprocess
+import os
 
 here = pathlib.Path(__file__).parent.resolve()
 
 def get_version():
-    try:
-        version = subprocess.check_output(['git', 'describe', '--tags', '--always']).decode().strip()
-        return version.lstrip('v')
-    except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
-        return '0.0.0'
+    version = os.environ.get('PACKAGE_VERSION', '0.0.0')
+    return version
 
 setup(
     name="code-collator",