diff --git a/.github/workflows/tag.yaml b/.github/workflows/tag.yaml
index b8c0161e6..bdb002e8b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tag.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tag.yaml
@@ -24,18 +24,20 @@ jobs:
     - name: Get Version
       id: get-version
       run: |
-        CURRENT_VERSION=$(awk -F'"' '/ID string =/ {print $2}' ${{ env.VERSION_FILE }})
-        echo "VERSION=$CURRENT_VERSION" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+        VERSION=$(awk -F'"' '/ID string =/ {print $2}' ${{ env.VERSION_FILE }})
+        echo "VERSION=$VERSION" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
     - name: Create Tag
       if: ${{ steps.get-version.outputs.VERSION != '' }}
       run: |
-        if [ $(git tag -l "${{ steps.get-version.outputs.VERSION }}") ]; then
-            echo "Tag already exists for version $CURRENT_VERSION"
+        VERSION=${{ steps.get-version.outputs.VERSION }}
+        if [ $(git tag -l "$VERSION") ]; then
+            echo "Tag already exists for version $VERSION"
             exit 0
         else
+          git config --global tag.gpgsign true
           git config user.name "github-actions[bot]"
           git config user.email "41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
-          git tag $CURRENT_VERSION
-          git push --tags
+          git tag $VERSION
+          git push origin tag $VERSION
           gitsign verify $(git rev-list --tags --max-count=1) --certificate-identity-regexp="https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}" --certificate-oidc-issuer="https://token.actions.githubusercontent.com"
         fi
diff --git a/.github/workflows/version.yaml b/.github/workflows/version.yaml
index c28101d3c..c2597f7f9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/version.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/version.yaml
@@ -47,16 +47,20 @@ jobs:
             exit 1
             ;;
         esac
+
+        echo "Current bincapz version: $CURRENT_VERSION"
+        echo "New bincapz version: $VERSION"
         
-        sed -i'' -e "s/ID string = \"v[0-9]*\.[0-9]*\.[0-9]*\"/ID string = \"v$VERSION\"/" ${{ env.VERSION_FILE }}
+        sed -i -e "s/ID string = \"v[0-9]*\.[0-9]*\.[0-9]*\"/ID string = \"v$VERSION\"/" ${{ env.VERSION_FILE }}
     - name: Commit Version Update
       run: |
         git config user.name "github-actions[bot]"
         git config user.email "41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
-        git checkout -b bincapz-version-bump-$VERSION
+        BRANCH="bincapz-version-bump-$VERSION"
+        git checkout -b $BRANCH
         git add ${{ env.VERSION_FILE }}
         git commit -m "Bump bincapz version to v$VERSION"
-        git push origin bincapz-bump-version-$VERSION
+        git push origin $BRANCH
         gitsign verify $(git rev-parse HEAD) --certificate-identity-regexp="https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}" --certificate-oidc-issuer="https://token.actions.githubusercontent.com"
     - name: Create Pull Request
       run: |