diff --git a/.github/workflows/auto-version-bump.yml b/.github/workflows/auto-version-bump.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index f34eee6..0000000
--- a/.github/workflows/auto-version-bump.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-name: Auto tag based on commit msg
-on:   
-  pull_request: # only run on PR otherwise bot can't commit to protected branch
-    types: [ closed ]
-    branches: ['develop']
-
-jobs:
-  build:
-    name: 'Bump version and commit package.json'
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    environment: production
-    if: |
-      github.event.pull_request.merged == true
-    steps:
-      - name: 'Checkout source code'
-        uses: 'actions/checkout@v3'
-        with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.BOT_USER_TOKEN }}
-          ref: 'develop'
-
-      - name:  'Automated Version Bump'
-        id: version-bump
-        uses:  'phips28/gh-action-bump-version@master'
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.BOT_USER_TOKEN }}
-        with:
-          patch-wording: '[npm release]'
-          tag-prefix:  'v'
-          target-branch: 'develop'
-  call-npm-publish-workflow:
-    needs: build
-    if: "startsWith(github.event.pull_request.title, '[npm publish]')"
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/npm-publish.yml
-    secrets: inherit
-
diff --git a/.github/workflows/npm-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/npm-publish.yml
index 5d0a302..4501252 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/npm-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/npm-publish.yml
@@ -1,9 +1,36 @@
 name: NPM publish
 on:
-  workflow_call:
+  pull_request:
+    types: [ closed ]
+    branches: ['develop']
+
 jobs:
-  build:
+  version-bump:
+    name: 'Bump version and commit package.json'
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    environment: production
+    if: github.event.pull_request.merged == true
+    steps:
+      - name: 'Checkout source code'
+        uses: 'actions/checkout@v4'
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.BOT_USER_TOKEN }}
+          ref: 'develop'
+
+      - name: 'Automated Version Bump'
+        id: version-bump
+        uses: 'phips28/gh-action-bump-version@master'
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.BOT_USER_TOKEN }}
+        with:
+          patch-wording: '[npm release]'
+          tag-prefix: 'v'
+          target-branch: 'develop'
+
+  npm-publish:
     name: 'npm publish'
+    needs: version-bump
+    if: startsWith(github.event.pull_request.title, '[npm publish]')
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     environment: production
     permissions:
@@ -16,7 +43,7 @@ jobs:
           ref: develop
 
       - name: 'Show current version'
-        run: grep  '"version"' package.json
+        run: grep '"version"' package.json
 
       - name: Setup Node.js environment
         uses: actions/setup-node@v4