diff --git a/.github/workflows/bump_dev_version_tag_branch.yaml b/.github/workflows/bump_dev_version_tag_branch.yaml
index 736d338..082b508 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/bump_dev_version_tag_branch.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/bump_dev_version_tag_branch.yaml
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Get package version from DESCRIPTION file and set as environment variable
         run: |
-            echo "PKG_VERSION=$(Rscript -e 'desc::desc_get_version()')" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+            echo "PKG_VERSION=$(Rscript -e 'cat(as.character(desc::desc_get_version()))')" >> $GITHUB_ENV
         shell: bash
 
       - uses: EndBug/add-and-commit@v9
@@ -61,5 +61,9 @@ jobs:
           message: '🤖 Bump version. [skip actions]'
           default_author: github_actions
           add: 'DESCRIPTION'
-          tag: 'v${{ env.PKG_VERSION }}'
-          tag_push: '--force'
+
+      - uses: thejeff77/action-push-tag@v1.0.0
+        if: ${{ success() }}
+        with:
+          tag: v${{ env.PKG_VERSION }}
+          force: true
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-coverage.yaml b/.github/workflows/test-coverage.yaml
index cbd8432..34daa2d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-coverage.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-coverage.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@
 
 on:
     workflow_call:
-  
+      secrets:
+        CODECOV_TOKEN:
+            required: true
+        
 name: test-coverage
 
 permissions: read-all
@@ -35,7 +38,7 @@ jobs:
           covr::to_cobertura(cov)
         shell: Rscript {0}
 
-      - uses: codecov/codecov-action@v4.5
+      - uses: codecov/codecov-action@v4
         with:
           fail_ci_if_error: ${{ github.event_name != 'pull_request' && true || false }}
           file: ./cobertura.xml