diff --git a/.github/workflows/versioning.yml b/.github/workflows/versioning.yml
index 97de6ad..3ae4d04 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/versioning.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/versioning.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Workflow for managing versioning, tagging, and temporary branches
+# Workflow for managing versioning and tagging
 ---
 name: Version Bump and Tag
 
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: "actions/checkout@v4"
 
       - name: Set up Git
         run: |
@@ -36,27 +36,13 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Bump Version
         run: |
-          chmod +x ./versioning/bump_version.sh
-          ./versioning/bump_version.sh
+          chmod +x "./versioning/bump_version.sh"
+          "./versioning/bump_version.sh"
 
       - name: Push Changes to Temporary Branch
         env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
         run: |
-          git push "https://x-access-token:${GITHUB_TOKEN}@github.com/${{ github.repository }}.git" HEAD
-      - name: Merge Changes into Main
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        run: |
-          git checkout main
-          git pull "https://x-access-token:${GITHUB_TOKEN}@github.com/${{ github.repository }}.git" main
-          git merge --no-ff "$TEMP_BRANCH" -m "Automated Version Bump [skip-versioning]"
-          git push "https://x-access-token:${GITHUB_TOKEN}@github.com/${{ github.repository }}.git" main
-
-      - name: Delete Temporary Branch
-        if: always()
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        run: |
-          git push "https://x-access-token:${GITHUB_TOKEN}@github.com/${{ github.repository }}.git" --delete "$TEMP_BRANCH"
+          git push "https://x-access-token:${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}@github.com/${{ github.repository }}.git" main
+          git push "https://x-access-token:${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}@github.com/${{ github.repository }}.git" --tags
 ...
diff --git a/versioning/bump_version.sh b/versioning/bump_version.sh
index 5693c61..fdcb88e 100644
--- a/versioning/bump_version.sh
+++ b/versioning/bump_version.sh
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ fi
 
 # Extract components
 CURRENT_YEAR=$(date +%Y)
-CURRENT_MONTH=$(date +%-m) # Use %-m to avoid leading zero for the month
-if ! [[ "$CURRENT_VERSION" =~ ^[0-9]{4}\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$ ]]; then
+CURRENT_MONTH=$(date +%m)
+if ! [[ "$CURRENT_VERSION" =~ ^[0-9]{4}\.[0-9]{2}\.[0-9]{2}$ ]]; then
   echo "Error: Invalid version format in $VERSION_FILE"
   exit 1
 fi
@@ -24,12 +24,17 @@ VERSION_MONTH=$(echo "$CURRENT_VERSION" | awk -F. '{print $2}')
 
 # Determine new version
 if [[ "$CURRENT_YEAR" == "$VERSION_YEAR" && "$CURRENT_MONTH" == "$VERSION_MONTH" ]]; then
-  NEXT_SEQ=$((CURRENT_SEQ + 1))
+  NEXT_SEQ=$((10#$CURRENT_SEQ + 1))
+  if [ $NEXT_SEQ -gt 99 ]; then
+    echo "Error: Sequence number would exceed 99"
+    exit 1
+  fi
+  NEW_SEQ=$(printf "%02d" $NEXT_SEQ)
 else
-  NEXT_SEQ=1 # Reset sequence for a new month
+  NEW_SEQ="01" # Reset sequence for a new month
 fi
 
-NEW_VERSION="${CURRENT_YEAR}.${CURRENT_MONTH}.${NEXT_SEQ}"
+NEW_VERSION="${CURRENT_YEAR}.${CURRENT_MONTH}.${NEW_SEQ}"
 
 # Update the plain text VERSION file
 echo "$NEW_VERSION" > "$VERSION_FILE"