diff --git a/.github/workflows/versioning.yml b/.github/workflows/versioning.yml
index 3ae4d04..2e49b1a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/versioning.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/versioning.yml
@@ -28,18 +28,12 @@ jobs:
           git config user.name "GitHub Actions"
           git config user.email "actions@github.com"
 
-      - name: Create Temporary Branch
-        run: |
-          TEMP_BRANCH="temp/version-bump-$(uuidgen)"
-          echo "TEMP_BRANCH=${TEMP_BRANCH}" >> "${GITHUB_ENV}"
-          git checkout -b "${TEMP_BRANCH}"
-
       - name: Bump Version
         run: |
           chmod +x "./versioning/bump_version.sh"
           "./versioning/bump_version.sh"
 
-      - name: Push Changes to Temporary Branch
+      - name: Push Changes and Tags
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
         run: |
diff --git a/versioning/VERSION b/versioning/VERSION
index d969417..f36eb7f 100644
--- a/versioning/VERSION
+++ b/versioning/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2024.12.1
+2024.12.2
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/versioning/bump_version.sh b/versioning/bump_version.sh
index fdcb88e..ea46c5a 100644
--- a/versioning/bump_version.sh
+++ b/versioning/bump_version.sh
@@ -10,13 +10,15 @@ else
   CURRENT_VERSION="0.0.0" # Default if file doesn't exist
 fi
 
-# Extract components
-CURRENT_YEAR=$(date +%Y)
-CURRENT_MONTH=$(date +%m)
-if ! [[ "$CURRENT_VERSION" =~ ^[0-9]{4}\.[0-9]{2}\.[0-9]{2}$ ]]; then
+# Validate the current version format
+if ! [[ "$CURRENT_VERSION" =~ ^[0-9]{4}\.[0-9]{1,2}\.[0-9]+$ ]]; then
   echo "Error: Invalid version format in $VERSION_FILE"
   exit 1
 fi
+
+# Extract components
+CURRENT_YEAR=$(date +%Y)
+CURRENT_MONTH=$(date +%-m) # Avoid leading zero for the month
 CURRENT_SEQ=$(echo "$CURRENT_VERSION" | awk -F. '{print $3}')
 
 VERSION_YEAR=$(echo "$CURRENT_VERSION" | awk -F. '{print $1}')
@@ -24,17 +26,12 @@ VERSION_MONTH=$(echo "$CURRENT_VERSION" | awk -F. '{print $2}')
 
 # Determine new version
 if [[ "$CURRENT_YEAR" == "$VERSION_YEAR" && "$CURRENT_MONTH" == "$VERSION_MONTH" ]]; then
-  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" $NEXT_SEQ)
+  NEXT_SEQ=$((CURRENT_SEQ + 1))
 else
-  NEW_SEQ="01" # Reset sequence for a new month
+  NEXT_SEQ=1 # Reset sequence for a new month
 fi
 
-NEW_VERSION="${CURRENT_YEAR}.${CURRENT_MONTH}.${NEW_SEQ}"
+NEW_VERSION="${CURRENT_YEAR}.${CURRENT_MONTH}.${NEXT_SEQ}"
 
 # Update the plain text VERSION file
 echo "$NEW_VERSION" > "$VERSION_FILE"