diff --git a/.github/workflows/static_database.yml b/.github/workflows/static_database.yml
index d1b22d1a..84cde2f1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/static_database.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/static_database.yml
@@ -44,35 +44,12 @@ jobs:
 
           # Compress the database before uploading it to a Github release
           zip output.zip output.db
-      - name: Update database versioning
-        shell: bash
-        run: |
-          rm workflows/static_database/version.txt
-          echo "${{ steps.date.outputs.date }}" > workflows/static_database/version.txt
-      - name: Update resources
-        uses: test-room-7/action-update-file@v1
-        with:
-          file-path: workflows/static_database/version.txt
-          commit-msg: Bump db version to ${{ steps.date.outputs.date }}
-          github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      - name: Get newly made commit sha
-        id: commit_sha
-        shell: bash
-        run: |
-          echo "::set-output name=sha::$(git rev-parse HEAD)"
       - name: Create new tag
-        uses: octokit/request-action@v2.x
-        id: create_new_tag
+        uses: rickstaa/action-create-tag@v1
+        id: "tag_create"
         with:
-          route: POST /repos/:owner/:repo/git/tags
-          owner: unipept
-          repo: make-database
           tag: database-${{ steps.date.outputs.date }}
           message: "Static information database built on ${{ steps.date.outputs.date }}"
-          object: ${{ steps.commit_sha.outputs.sha }}
-          type: commit
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
       - name: Create Release
         id: create_release
         uses: actions/create-release@v1