diff --git a/.github/workflows/package.yml b/.github/workflows/package.yml
index ead482b54..c44816997 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/package.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/package.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
 
       - uses: Aidan63/setup-haxe@3d3101bcd0a2001699fc8295f4d9eddd0724d3e9
         with:
@@ -22,16 +24,20 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           haxe -version
           haxelib dev hxcpp .
+
+      - name: 'Get Previous tag'
+        id: previoustag
+        uses: "WyriHaximus/github-action-get-previous-tag@v1"
+        with:
+          prefix: v
           
       - name: Set Version
-        run: haxe -cp tools/version --run Write ${{github.run_number}} > version.env
-
+        run: haxe -p tools/version --run Write ${{ steps.previoustag.outputs.tag }} > version.env
 
       - name: Build Tool
         run: |
           cd tools/hxcpp
           haxe compile.hxml
-
         
       - name: Check XCode
         if: startsWith(matrix.os,'macos')
@@ -49,7 +55,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Archive Linux Results
         if: startsWith(matrix.os,'ubuntu')
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: linux-64
           path: |
@@ -75,7 +81,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Archive Windows Results
         if: startsWith(matrix.os,'windows')
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: windows-64
           path: |
@@ -83,7 +89,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Archive Mac Results
         if: startsWith(matrix.os,'macos')
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: mac-64
           path: |
@@ -94,19 +100,19 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
         - name: Download Linux
-          uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
+          uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
           with:
              name: linux-64
              path: hxcpp
 
         - name: Download Mac
-          uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
+          uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
           with:
              name: mac-64
              path: hxcpp/bin/Mac64/
 
         - name: Download Windows
-          uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
+          uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
           with:
              name: windows-64
              path: hxcpp/bin/Windows64/
@@ -126,23 +132,11 @@ jobs:
              zip -r hxcpp-${{ env.hxcpp_release }}.zip hxcpp-${{ env.hxcpp_release }} 
       
         - name: Create Release
-          id: create_release
-          uses: actions/create-release@v1
-          env:
-            GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          uses: ncipollo/release-action@v1
           with:
-            tag_name: v${{ env.hxcpp_release }}
-            release_name: Release ${{ env.hxcpp_release }}
+            tag: v${{ env.hxcpp_release }}
+            commit: ${{ github.head_ref }}
+            name: Release ${{ env.hxcpp_release }}
             draft: false
             prerelease: false
-
-        - name: Upload Release Asset
-          id: upload-release-asset 
-          uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1
-          env:
-            GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          with:
-            upload_url: ${{ steps.create_release.outputs.upload_url }} # This pulls from the CREATE RELEASE step above, referencing it's ID to get its outputs object, which include a `upload_url`. See this blog post for more info: https://jasonet.co/posts/new-features-of-github-actions/#passing-data-to-future-steps 
-            asset_path: ./hxcpp-${{ env.hxcpp_release }}.zip
-            asset_name: hxcpp-${{ env.hxcpp_release }}.zip
-            asset_content_type: application/zip
\ No newline at end of file
+            artifacts: ./hxcpp-${{ env.hxcpp_release }}.zip
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tools/version/Write.hx b/tools/version/Write.hx
index e4eaec13c..b1e34526e 100644
--- a/tools/version/Write.hx
+++ b/tools/version/Write.hx
@@ -1,58 +1,63 @@
+import haxe.Exception;
+import haxe.Json;
 import sys.io.File;
 
+using StringTools;
+
+typedef Haxelib = {
+   var version: String;
+}
+
 class Write
 {
    public static function main()
    {
-      var args = Sys.args();
-      // AL NOTE: this "30 +" is a bodge around some CI stuff.
-      // Usually the ever incrementing CI run number is provided as the argument, but this ID is per github workflow.
-      // So when the release ci yml moved file the number reset to zero and we started overwriting previous releases.
-      // For now just append 30 since the previous release was 25 or something.
-      //
-      // This will need to be revisited when anything other than the last number increases as you would end up with
-      // something like 5.0.42 instead of 5.0.0.
-      var buildNumber = 30 + Std.parseInt(args[0]);
-      if (buildNumber<1 || buildNumber==null)
-         throw "Usage: Write buildNumber";
-
-
-      var jsonFile = "haxelib.json";
-      var lines = File.getContent(jsonFile).split("\n");
-      var idx = 0;
-      var versionMatch = ~/(.*"version"\s*:\s*")(.*)(".*)/;
-      var found = false;
-      var newVersion = "";
-      while(idx<lines.length)
+      switch Sys.args()
       {
-         if (versionMatch.match(lines[idx]))
-         {
-            var parts = versionMatch.matched(2).split(".");
-            if (parts.length==3)
-               parts[2] = buildNumber+"";
-            else
-               parts.push(buildNumber+"");
-            newVersion = parts.join(".");
-            lines[idx]=versionMatch.matched(1) + newVersion + versionMatch.matched(3);
-            found = true;
-            break;
-         }
-         idx++;
-      }
-      if (!found)
-         throw "Could not find version in " + jsonFile;
+         case [ version ] if (version.startsWith('v')):
+            switch version.substr(1).split('.')
+            {
+               case [ previousMajor, previousMinor, previousPatch ]:
+                  final jsonFile = "haxelib.json";
+                  final json     = (cast Json.parse(File.getContent(jsonFile)) : Haxelib);
 
-      File.saveContent(jsonFile, lines.join("\n") );
+                  switch json.version.split('.')
+                  {
+                     case [ newMajor, newMinor, _ ]:
+                        if (newMajor < previousMajor || (newMajor == previousMajor && newMinor < previousMinor))
+                        {
+                           throw new Exception('Version in haxelib.json is older than the last tag');
+                        }
 
-      var writeVersionFilename = "include/HxcppVersion.h";
-      var define = "HXCPP_VERSION";
-      var lines = [
-         '#ifndef $define',
-         '#define $define "$newVersion"',
-         '#endif'
-      ];
-      File.saveContent( writeVersionFilename, lines.join("\n") );
+                        if (newMajor > previousMajor || newMinor > previousMinor)
+                        {
+                           json.version = '$newMajor.$newMinor.0';
+                        }
+                        else
+                        {
+                           json.version = '$newMajor.$newMinor.${ Std.parseInt(previousPatch) + 1 }';
+                        }
+                     case _:
+                        throw new Exception('Invalid version in haxelib.json');
+                  }
 
-      Sys.println("hxcpp_release=" + newVersion );
+                  File.saveContent(jsonFile, Json.stringify(json, '\t'));
+
+                  final define = "HXCPP_VERSION";
+                  final lines  = [
+                     '#ifndef $define',
+                     '#define $define "${ json.version }"',
+                     '#endif'
+                  ];
+
+                  File.saveContent("include/HxcppVersion.h", lines.join("\n"));
+
+                  Sys.println("hxcpp_release=" + json.version );
+               case _:
+                  throw new Exception('Invalid version in tag');
+            }
+         case other:
+            throw new Exception('Invalid version $other');
+      }
    }
 }