diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yaml b/.github/workflows/publish.yaml
index 6698db4..0d20be9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yaml
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ jobs:
   build_n_publish:
     name: Build and publish Python 🐍 distributions 📦 to PyPI and TestPyPI
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
-    needs: bump_version
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
     - name: Set up Python 3.9