diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index cf3a94a..a9f05a9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -39,9 +39,9 @@ jobs:
       run: tox
 
     - name: Install release dependencies
-      if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/master' && matrix.python-version == '3.8'
+      if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/master' && matrix.python-version == '3.9'
       run: |
-        pip install bumpversion build twine
+        pip install bump-my-version build twine
         sudo npm install -g semantic-release \
           @semantic-release/changelog \
           @semantic-release/exec \
@@ -49,13 +49,13 @@ jobs:
           @semantic-release/github
 
     - name: Configure Git User
-      if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/master' && matrix.python-version == '3.8'
+      if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/master' && matrix.python-version == '3.9'
       run: |
         git config --global user.name "uibm"
         git config --global user.email "ujjwal.kumar1@ibm.com"
 
     - name: Semantic Release and Publish
-      if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/master' && matrix.python-version == '3.8'
+      if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/master' && matrix.python-version == '3.9'
       env:
         GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.releaserc b/.releaserc
index 97460ea..841b357 100644
--- a/.releaserc
+++ b/.releaserc
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     [
       "@semantic-release/exec",
       {
-        "prepareCmd": "bumpversion --config-file pyproject.toml --allow-dirty --new-version ${nextRelease.version} patch"
+        "prepareCmd": "bump-my-version bump --allow-dirty --current-version ${lastRelease.version} --new-version ${nextRelease.version} patch"
       }
     ],
     [
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 85c11b0..95bbecb 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ classifiers = [
 ]
 keywords=["ibm", "cloud", "ibm cloud services", "vpc" ]
 dependencies = [
-    "ibm_cloud_sdk_core>=3.22.0,<3.22.1;python_version<'3.9'",
+    "ibm_cloud_sdk_core>=3.22.0,<3.23.0;python_version<'3.9'",
     "ibm_cloud_sdk_core>=3.23.0;python_version>='3.9'",
     "python_dateutil>=2.5.3,<3.0.0",
 ]