diff --git a/.github/workflows/EVENT_tag.yml b/.github/workflows/EVENT_tag.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 897b8ed24..000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/EVENT_tag.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-name: created_tag
-run-name: Created Tag
-
-on:
-  push:
-    tags:
-      - 'v[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+'
-      - 'test-*'
-
-concurrency:
-  group: created_tag
-  cancel-in-progress: true
-
-env:
-  GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-
-permissions:
-  contents: read
-
-jobs:
-  create_release:
-    name: Create Release
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    permissions:
-      contents: write
-    steps:
-      - name: Harden Runner
-        uses: step-security/harden-runner@cb605e52c26070c328afc4562f0b4ada7618a84e # v2.10.4
-        with:
-          egress-policy: audit
-
-      - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
-        name: Checkout
-        with:
-          ref: ${{ github.head_ref || github.ref }}
-
-      - name: Create release
-        uses: actions/create-release@0cb9c9b65d5d1901c1f53e5e66eaf4afd303e70e # v1.1.4
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ env.GH_TOKEN }}
-        with:
-          tag_name: ${{ github.ref }}
-          release_name: ${{ github.ref }}
-          draft: true
-          prerelease: false
diff --git a/.github/workflows/version_bump.yml b/.github/workflows/version_bump.yml
index b4ae2d28e..de43da623 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/version_bump.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/version_bump.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-name: Version Bump
-run-name: Version bump ${{ github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && inputs.bump_type || 'patch' }}${{ github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && inputs.test_mode && ' (TEST)' || '' }}
+name: Version Bump and Release
+run-name: Version bump and release ${{ github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && inputs.bump_type || 'patch' }}${{ github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && inputs.test_mode && ' (TEST)' || '' }}
 
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ on:
         required: true
         default: false
         type: boolean
+      commit_sha:
+        description: "Specific commit SHA to start from (optional)"
+        required: false
+        type: string
   pull_request:
     types: [opened, synchronize, reopened]
 
@@ -60,30 +64,36 @@ jobs:
           if [ "${{ github.event_name }}" == "workflow_dispatch" ]; then
             BUMP_TYPE="${{ inputs.bump_type }}"
             TEST_MODE="${{ inputs.test_mode }}"
+            COMMIT_SHA="${{ inputs.commit_sha }}"
           else
             BUMP_TYPE="patch"  # Default to "patch" for pull requests
             TEST_MODE="true"    # Always run in test mode for pull requests
+            COMMIT_SHA=""
           fi
           echo "BUMP_TYPE=${BUMP_TYPE}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
           echo "TEST_MODE=${TEST_MODE}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "COMMIT_SHA=${COMMIT_SHA}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
       - name: Bump version
         run: |
+          if [ -n "${{ env.COMMIT_SHA }}" ]; then
+            git checkout ${{ env.COMMIT_SHA }}
+          fi
           python deploy/increase_version.py --${{ env.BUMP_TYPE }} --auto-confirm y
           BASE_VERSION=$(grep '__version__' darwin/version/__init__.py | cut -d '"' -f 2)  
 
           if [[ "${{ env.TEST_MODE }}" == "true" ]]; then
             TIMESTAMP=$(date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S)
-            TEST_VERSION="${BASE_VERSION}-test.${TIMESTAMP}"
+            
+            TAG_PREFIX="test-"
+            NEW_VERSION="${BASE_VERSION}.${TIMESTAMP}"
+            TEST_VERSION="${TAG_PREFIX}${NEW_VERSION}"
             echo "Adding test suffix"
             # Update version in pyproject.toml and in __init__.py
             awk -v new_version="$TEST_VERSION" '/^version = / {$0 = "version = \"" new_version "\""} 1' pyproject.toml > pyproject.tmp && mv pyproject.tmp pyproject.toml
             awk -v new_version="$TEST_VERSION" '/^__version__ = / {$0 = "__version__ = \"" new_version "\""} 1' darwin/__init__.py > darwin/__init__.tmp && mv darwin/__init__.tmp darwin/__init__.py
 
-            NEW_VERSION="${BASE_VERSION}-test.${TIMESTAMP}"
-            echo $NEW_VERSION
-            TAG_PREFIX="test-"
-            BRANCH_NAME="test/version-bump-${NEW_VERSION}"
+            BRANCH_NAME="${TAG_PREFIX}branch-${NEW_VERSION}"
           else
             NEW_VERSION="${BASE_VERSION}"
             TAG_PREFIX="v"
@@ -105,7 +115,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           echo "Commit and push version changes"
           git add pyproject.toml darwin/__init__.py
-          git commit -m "Version bump to ${{ env.NEW_VERSION }}"
+          git commit -m "Version bump to ${{ env.TAG_PREFIX}}${{ env.NEW_VERSION }}"
           git push origin HEAD:${BRANCH_NAME}
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
@@ -125,3 +135,13 @@ jobs:
           git push origin "${TAG_PREFIX}${NEW_VERSION}"
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Create release
+        uses: actions/create-release@0cb9c9b65d5d1901c1f53e5e66eaf4afd303e70e # v1.1.4
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        with:
+          tag_name: ${{ env.TAG_PREFIX}}${{ env.NEW_VERSION }}
+          release_name: ${{ env.TAG_PREFIX}}${{ env.NEW_VERSION }}
+          draft: true
+          prerelease: false