diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish_release.yml b/.github/workflows/publish_release.yml
index 729eac2..81869a6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish_release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish_release.yml
@@ -26,12 +26,20 @@ jobs:
           set -x
           yarn global add semver
           PATH="$(yarn global bin):$PATH"
-          LOCAL_VERSION="$(cat package.json | jq -r .version)"
+
+          # take npm version and increment it
           PKG_NAME="$(cat package.json | jq .name)"
           NPM_VERSION="$(yarn info --silent "$PKG_NAME" version || true)"
-          MAX_VERSION="$(semver "$LOCAL_VERSION" "$NPM_VERSION" "0.0.0" | tail -n1)"
-          FINAL_VERSION="$(semver --increment patch "$MAX_VERSION")"
-          echo "FINAL_VERSION=$FINAL_VERSION" | tee -a $GITHUB_ENV
+          NEXT_NPM_VERSION="$(semver --increment patch "$NPM_VERSION")"
+
+          # take local version
+          LOCAL_VERSION="$(cat package.json | jq -r .version)"
+
+          # take maximum of the local and NEXT_NPM versions
+          MAX_VERSION="$(semver "$LOCAL_VERSION" "$NEXT_NPM_VERSION" "0.0.0" | tail -n1)"
+
+          # save version to env
+          echo "FINAL_VERSION=$MAX_VERSION" | tee -a $GITHUB_ENV
 
       ### Set version
       - name: Set version to ${{ env.FINAL_VERSION }}