diff --git a/.github/workflows/create-release.yml b/.github/workflows/create-release.yml
index 44c04ef..9aad0c8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/create-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/create-release.yml
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Check last PR labels
       id: check_labels
+      env:
+        GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}      
       run: |
         LAST_PR_NUMBER=$(gh pr list --state merged --json number --jq '.[0].number')
         LABELS=$(gh pr view "$LAST_PR_NUMBER" --json labels --jq '.labels[].name')
diff --git a/.github/workflows/prepare-release.yml b/.github/workflows/prepare-release.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 8109daf..0000000
--- a/.github/workflows/prepare-release.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,89 +0,0 @@
-name: Package version bump
-on:
-  pull_request_review:
-    types: [submitted]  
-  pull_request:
-    paths:
-      - '.github/workflows/prepare-release.yml'
-
-jobs:
-  bump-version:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    if: github.event.review.state == 'approved'
-    permissions:
-      contents: write # Highly security sensitive. Do NOT add third party actions in this job
-      pull-requests: read
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.ref || github.ref_name }}          
-          fetch-depth: 0 # https://yarnpkg.com/features/release-workflow#caveat
-
-      - name: Show current branch
-        run: |
-          echo "Current branch: $(git branch --show-current)"
-          echo "Current commit: $(git rev-parse HEAD)"
-          git log --oneline -5          
-          
-      - uses: actions/setup-node@39370e3970a6d050c480ffad4ff0ed4d3fdee5af #@v4
-        with:
-          node-version: '20'
-
-      - name: Check PR version labels
-        id: bump
-        run: |
-          # Check for version type labels
-          if ${{ contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'major') }}; then
-            echo "type=major" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          elif ${{ contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'minor') }}; then
-            echo "type=minor" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          elif ${{ contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'patch') }}; then
-            echo "type=patch" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          else
-            echo "type=no-release" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          fi
-          
-          # Check for alpha label
-          if ${{ contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'alpha') }}; then
-            echo "alpha=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-            echo "type=prerelease" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          else
-            echo "alpha=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          fi
-
-      - name: Exit if no version bump
-        id: cancel
-        if: steps.bump.outputs.type == 'no-release'
-        run: |
-          echo "::warning::No version bump required. Skipping release steps."
-
-      - name: Toggle Alpha
-        if: steps.bump.outputs.type != 'no-release'
-        run: |
-          if [ "${{ steps.bump.outputs.alpha }}" == "true" ]; then
-            ./.github/ci-scripts/toggle-alpha.sh yes
-          else
-            ./.github/ci-scripts/toggle-alpha.sh #remove alpha if present
-          fi
-
-      - name: Bump version
-        if: steps.bump.outputs.type != 'no-release'
-        run: npm version ${{ steps.bump.outputs.type }}
-
-      - name: Push changes
-        if: steps.bump.outputs.type != 'no-release'     
-        run: |
-          VERSION=$(node -p "require('./package.json').version")
-          git config user.name "GitHub Actions"
-          git config user.email "actions@github.com"
-          
-          # Check if package.json has changes
-          if git diff --quiet package.json; then
-            echo "::notice::Version ${VERSION} is already pushed. No changes to commit."
-          else
-            git add package.json
-            git commit -am "chore: Bump version to ${VERSION}"
-            git push
-          fi
-      
-