diff --git a/.github/workflows/maven-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/maven-publish.yml
index b40f62d..17eaebc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/maven-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/maven-publish.yml
@@ -2,37 +2,9 @@ name: Maven Publish
 
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
-    inputs:
-      libraryVersion:
-        description: 'Library Version'
-        required: true
-        default: ''
-      packageVersion:
-        description: 'Package Version'
-        required: true
-        default: ''
 
 jobs:
-  update-version:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      
-      - name: Update Version
-        run: |
-          sed -i '/VERSION=/!b;cVERSION=\"v${{ github.event.inputs.libraryVersion }}";' ./download-libs.sh
-      - name: Commit, Tag and Push
-        run: |
-          git add ./download-libs.sh
-          git config user.name github-actions
-          git config user.email github-actions@github.com
-          git commit -m "updated version" | exit 0
-          git tag ${{ github.event.inputs.packageVersion }}
-          git push & git push --tags
-
   publish:
-    needs: update-version
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-version.yml b/.github/workflows/update-version.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f55b7ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-version.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+name: Update version
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      libraryVersion:
+        description: 'Library Version'
+        required: true
+        default: ''
+      packageVersion:
+        description: 'Package Version'
+        required: true
+        default: ''
+
+jobs:
+  update-version:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+      - name: Create new branch
+        run: git checkout -b release/${{ github.event.inputs.packageVersion }}
+      
+      - name: Update Version
+        run: |
+          sed -i '/VERSION=/!b;cVERSION=\"v${{ github.event.inputs.libraryVersion }}";' ./download-libs.sh
+      - name: Commit, Tag and Push
+        run: |
+          git add ./download-libs.sh
+          git config user.name github-actions
+          git config user.email github-actions@github.com
+          git commit -m "updated version" | exit 0
+          git tag ${{ github.event.inputs.packageVersion }}
+          git push --set-upstream origin release/${{ github.event.inputs.packageVersion }} 
+          git push --tags
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