diff --git a/.github/workflows/npm-publish.yaml b/.github/workflows/npm-publish.yaml
index 46318af..565dfe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/npm-publish.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/npm-publish.yaml
@@ -1,30 +1,34 @@
-name: Publish Package to npm
+name: Publish ibm-segment
 
 on:
   push:
-    tags:
-      - 'v*'
+    branches:
+      - github-actions
 
 jobs:
   build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: true
 
-    - name: Use Node.js
-      uses: actions/setup-node@v2
-      with:
-        node-version: '14'
-        registry-url: 'https://registry.npmjs.org/'
+      # Setup .npmrc file to publish to npm
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+        with:
+          node-version: "18.x"
+          registry-url: "https://registry.npmjs.org"
 
-    - name: Install dependencies
-      run: npm ci
+      - run: npm ci
 
-    - name: Build
-      run: npm run build
+      # increment the patch version and commit the change
+      - name: Bump version and push
+        run: |
+          git config user.name github-actions
+          git config user.email github-actions@github.com
+          npm version patch -m "chore: bump version to %s"
+          git push
 
-    - name: Publish to npm
-      run: npm publish
-      env:
-        NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
+      - run: npm publish
+        env:
+          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 0d684b1..645a2e7 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "ibm-segment",
-  "version": "1.1.5",
+  "version": "1.1.8",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "ibm-segment",
-      "version": "1.1.5",
+      "version": "1.1.8",
       "license": "ISC",
       "dependencies": {
         "@tsconfig/node14": "^14.1.0",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0d82b66..ff485f2 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "ibm-segment",
-  "version": "1.1.5",
+  "version": "1.1.8",
   "type": "module",
   "description": "",
   "main": "dist/index.js",