diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index baff34a..14abe39 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+name: Publish new release
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
 jobs:
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ jobs:
         # prefix with v to match tag convention
         run: poetry version -s | awk '{ print "version=v" $1 }' >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
       - name: check library version
-        if: ${{ steps.output-version.outputs.version }} != ${{ github.ref }}
+        if: ${{ steps.output-version.outputs.version }} != ${{ github.ref_name }}
         id: check-version
         uses: actions/github-script@v7
         with:
diff --git a/.python-version b/.python-version
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..92536a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.python-version
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+3.12.0
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index cfdb03c..8a11015 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "ionic-langchain"
-version = "0.1.3"
+version = "0.1.4"
 description = ""
 authors = ["Owen Sims <owen@ionicapi.com>"]
 readme = "README.md"