diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index bad7cb3..e0c0800 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v4
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/cache@v3
         with:
           path: ~/.cache/pip
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-pip-${{ hashFiles('**/requirements.txt') }}
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-pip-${{ hashFiles('**/requirements.txt', '**/requirements-dev.txt') }}
           restore-keys: |
             ${{ runner.os }}-pip-
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 15ca261..b895907 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ jobs:
       contents: write
       issues: write
       pull-requests: write
+      actions: write
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
-          python-version: '3.12' 
+          python-version: '3.12'
 
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ jobs:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         run: |
           if [ "${{ github.event.inputs.dry-run }}" = "true" ]; then
-            semantic-release publish --dry-run
+            semantic-release publish --dry-run --verbose
           else
-            semantic-release publish
+            semantic-release publish --verbose
           fi
diff --git a/early_stopping_pytorch/early_stopping.py b/early_stopping_pytorch/early_stopping.py
index 1ee059e..bf9ba2f 100644
--- a/early_stopping_pytorch/early_stopping.py
+++ b/early_stopping_pytorch/early_stopping.py
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-# pytorchtools.py
-__version__ = "0.1.0"
-
+# early_stopping.py
 import numpy as np
 import torch
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 22f9c66..98d4951 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,23 +4,22 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "early-stopping-pytorch"
-version = "0.1.0"
 description = "A PyTorch utility package for Early Stopping"
 readme = "README.md"
 authors = [
     { name = "Bjarte Sunde", email = "BjarteSunde@outlook.com" }
 ]
-license = { text = "MIT" }  # Update if you use a different license
+license = { text = "MIT" }
 dependencies = [
     "numpy>=1.21",
     "torch>=1.9.0"
 ]
 
 [tool.semantic_release]
-version_variable = [
-    "early_stopping_pytorch/__init__.py:__version__",
-    "pyproject.toml:project.version"
-]
+version_variable = "early_stopping_pytorch/__init__.py:__version__"
 branch = "main"
 upload_to_pypi = false
 build_command = "pip install build && python -m build"
+
+[tool.semantic_release.git]
+tag_format = "v{version}"