diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 474d8529c..4fdd23299 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -37,9 +37,33 @@ jobs:
           echo "MAS_VERSION: ${MAS_VERSION}"
           echo "RELEASE_COMMIT: ${RELEASE_COMMIT}"
 
+  version-update:
+    runs-on: macos-14
+    needs: [start]
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          # A fetch-depth of 0 includes all history and tags for script/version
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: 🔖 version
+        run: |
+          script/version_bump "${MAS_VERSION}" "${RELEASE_COMMIT}"
+
+# branch_name="releases/release-${MAS_VERSION}"
+# $echo git branch "${branch_name}"
+# $echo git switch "${branch_name}"
+
+# $echo git add \
+#   "${SWIFT_PACKAGE}" \
+#   "${LOCAL_MAS_FORMULA_PATH}" \
+#   "${LOCAL_TAP_FORMULA_PATH}"
+
+# $echo git commit --message="🔖 Version ${MAS_VERSION}"
+
   pkg-installer:
     runs-on: macos-14
-    needs: start
+    needs: [version-update]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
@@ -68,7 +92,7 @@ jobs:
 
   homebrew-tap:
     runs-on: macos-14
-    needs: [start]
+    needs: [version-update]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
@@ -92,7 +116,7 @@ jobs:
 
   homebrew-core:
     runs-on: macos-14
-    needs: [start, homebrew-tap]
+    needs: [version-update, homebrew-tap]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
diff --git a/script/brew_core_update b/script/brew_core_update
index 9a7a99ee4..e2fafc611 100755
--- a/script/brew_core_update
+++ b/script/brew_core_update
@@ -14,9 +14,7 @@ CORE_FORMULA_PATH="${CORE_TAP_PATH}/Formula/"
 CORE_MAS_FORMULA_PATH="${CORE_FORMULA_PATH}/m/mas.rb"
 
 PROJECT_PATH="$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)"
-SWIFT_PACKAGE="${PROJECT_PATH}/Sources/MasKit/Package.swift"
 LOCAL_MAS_FORMULA_PATH="${PROJECT_PATH}/Homebrew/mas.rb"
-LOCAL_TAP_FORMULA_PATH="${PROJECT_PATH}/Homebrew/mas-tap.rb"
 
 function usage {
   echo "Usage: brew_core_update [-d] v0.0 [sha1_hash]"
@@ -74,24 +72,6 @@ fi
 
 echo "REVISION: ${REVISION}"
 
-################################################################################
-#
-# Update Version
-#
-
-script/version_bump "${MAS_VERSION}" "${REVISION}"
-
-branch_name="releases/release-${MAS_VERSION}"
-$echo git branch "${branch_name}"
-$echo git switch "${branch_name}"
-
-$echo git add \
-  "${SWIFT_PACKAGE}" \
-  "${LOCAL_MAS_FORMULA_PATH}" \
-  "${LOCAL_TAP_FORMULA_PATH}"
-
-$echo git commit --message="🔖 Version ${MAS_VERSION}"
-
 ################################################################################
 #
 # Preflight checks
diff --git a/script/version_bump b/script/version_bump
index 7d1404714..62fc39348 100755
--- a/script/version_bump
+++ b/script/version_bump
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 #
 
 PROJECT_PATH="$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)"
-PACKAGE_MANIFEST="${PROJECT_PATH}/Sources/MasKit/Package.swift"
+SWIFT_PACKAGE="${PROJECT_PATH}/Sources/MasKit/Package.swift"
 LOCAL_MAS_FORMULA_PATH="${PROJECT_PATH}/Homebrew/mas.rb"
 LOCAL_TAP_FORMULA_PATH="${PROJECT_PATH}/Homebrew/mas-tap.rb"
 
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ echo "MAS_VERSION: ${MAS_VERSION}"
 echo "REVISION: ${REVISION}"
 
 # Write new version into swift package
-cat <<EOF >"${PACKAGE_MANIFEST}"
+cat <<EOF >"${SWIFT_PACKAGE}"
 // Generated by: script/version
 enum Package {
     static let version = "${MAS_VERSION#v}"
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ enum Package {
 EOF
 
 echo
-cat "${PACKAGE_MANIFEST}"
+cat "${SWIFT_PACKAGE}"
 
 # Write new version into brew formulae
 for file in ${LOCAL_MAS_FORMULA_PATH} ${LOCAL_TAP_FORMULA_PATH}; do