diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yaml b/.github/workflows/publish.yaml
index c424141c..77d6dbdf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yaml
@@ -7,9 +7,11 @@ on:
 permissions:
   contents: write
 jobs:
-  publish:
+  check:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    environment: Production
+    outputs:
+      VERSION_EXISTS: ${{ steps.check-version.outputs.VERSION_EXISTS }}
+      VERSION: ${{ steps.get-version.outputs.VERSION }}
     steps:
       - uses: GitHubSecurityLab/actions-permissions/monitor@v1
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -40,26 +42,35 @@ jobs:
           else
             echo "VERSION_EXISTS=false" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
           fi
+  publish:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    environment: Production
+    needs: check
+    if: needs.check.outputs.VERSION_EXISTS == 'false'
+    steps:
+      - uses: GitHubSecurityLab/actions-permissions/monitor@v1
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version-file: package.json
+          registry-url: "https://registry.npmjs.org"
+          cache: "npm"
       - name: Build package
-        if: steps.check-version.outputs.VERSION_EXISTS == 'false'
         run: |
           npm ci
           npm run build
       - name: Publish to NPM
-        if: steps.check-version.outputs.VERSION_EXISTS == 'false'
         run: npm publish
         env:
           NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
       - name: Publish git tag
-        if: steps.check-version.outputs.VERSION_EXISTS == 'false'
         run: |
           git config --global user.name 'github-actions[bot]'
           git config --global user.email '41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com'
-          git tag ${{ steps.get-version.outputs.VERSION }}
+          git tag ${{ needs.check.outputs.VERSION }}
           git push origin --tags
       - name: Publish git release
-        if: steps.check-version.outputs.VERSION_EXISTS == 'false'
         env:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
         run: |
-          gh release create ${{ github.env.VERSION }} --title "${{ github.env.VERSION }}" --generate-notes
+          gh release create ${{ needs.check.outputs.VERSION }} --title "${{ needs.check.outputs.VERSION }}" --generate-notes
diff --git a/.github/workflows/version_bump.yaml b/.github/workflows/version_bump.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index f0f4894e..00000000
--- a/.github/workflows/version_bump.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
----
-name: Version Bump
-on:
-  workflow_dispatch:
-    inputs:
-      version:
-        description: "Version to bump to"
-        required: true
-        default: "patch"
-jobs:
-  bump-version:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: GitHubSecurityLab/actions-permissions/monitor@v1
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
-        with:
-          node-version-file: package.json
-          registry-url: "https://registry.npmjs.org"
-          cache: "npm"
-      - name: Build package
-        run: |
-          npm ci
-      - name: Bump version
-        run: |
-          npm version ${{ github.event.inputs.version }} --no-git-tag-version
-      - name: Create PR
-        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v4
-        with:
-          title: "Bump version to ${{ github.event.inputs.version }}"
-          body: "Bump version to ${{ github.event.inputs.version }}"
-          base: main
-          branch: ci/version-bump-${{ github.event.inputs.version }}
-          commit-message: "Bump version to ${{ github.event.inputs.version }}"
-          author: "github-actions[bot] <41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>"
-          committer: "github-actions[bot] <41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>"
-          labels: version-bump
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 63bb0f13..f5e0be10 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@mongodb-js/mongodb-mcp-server",
-  "version": "0.0.2",
+  "version": "0.0.3",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@mongodb-js/mongodb-mcp-server",
-      "version": "0.0.2",
+      "version": "0.0.3",
       "license": "Apache-2.0",
       "dependencies": {
         "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk": "^1.8.0",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e15672aa..bdbeed63 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "@mongodb-js/mongodb-mcp-server",
   "description": "MongoDB Model Context Protocol Server",
-  "version": "0.0.2",
+  "version": "0.0.3",
   "main": "dist/index.js",
   "author": "MongoDB <info@mongodb.com>",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/mongodb-js/mongodb-mcp-server",