diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index 457f81c..f1b4feb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -20,30 +20,20 @@ jobs:
           toolchain: stable
           override: true
 
-      - name: Check if publication is necessary
-        id: check
-        run: |
-          if [[ "${{ github.ref }}" == refs/tags/* ]] || [[ "${{ github.ref }}" == refs/heads/master ]]; then
-            echo "Publishing is necessary"
-            echo "publish=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          else
-            echo "Publishing is not necessary"
-            echo "publish=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          fi
-
       - name: Publish to crates.io
-        if: steps.check.outputs.publish == 'true'
         env:
           CARGO_REGISTRY_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CRATES_IO_TOKEN }}
         run: |
           if [[ "${{ github.ref }}" == refs/tags/* ]]; then
             # If it's a tag, publish as is
             cargo publish
-          else
+          elif [[ "${{ github.ref }}" == refs/heads/master ]]; then
             # If it's a push to master, publish as a pre-release version
-            VERSION=$(grep version Cargo.toml | sed -E 's/version = "(.*)"/\1/' | tr -d ' ')
+            VERSION=$(grep '^version =' Cargo.toml | sed -E 's/version = "(.*?)"/\1/')
             COMMIT_HASH=$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)
             NEW_VERSION="${VERSION}-pre.${COMMIT_HASH}"
-            sed -i "s/^version = .*/version = \"${NEW_VERSION}\"/" Cargo.toml
+            sed -i "s/^version = \".*\"/version = \"${NEW_VERSION}\"/" Cargo.toml
             cargo publish --allow-dirty
-          fi
+          else
+            echo "Not publishing: not a push to master or a tag"
+          fi
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