diff --git a/.github/workflows/create-release.yaml b/.github/workflows/create-release.yaml
index 8e699e6..e5ed6be 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/create-release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/create-release.yaml
@@ -22,10 +22,16 @@ jobs:
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
-      - name: Get latest tag
-        id: get_latest_tag
+      # Incrementing the version in package.json allows us to bump the major or minor version by bumping the version in the package.json file to X.X.-1
+      - name: Get latest tag from package.json
+        id: latest_tag_package_json
         run: echo "LATEST_TAG=v$(jq -r '.version' package.json)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
+      # Use latest tag from github tag history to generate the changelog
+      - name: Get latest tag from tag history
+        id: latest_tag
+        run: echo "LATEST_TAG=$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0 || echo v0.0.0)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
       - name: Increment version
         id: increment_version
         run: |
@@ -39,7 +45,7 @@ jobs:
             echo "NEW_VERSION=v$new_version" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           fi
         env:
-          LATEST_TAG: ${{ steps.get_latest_tag.outputs.LATEST_TAG }}
+          LATEST_TAG: ${{ steps.latest_tag_package_json.outputs.LATEST_TAG }}
 
       - name: Update package.json version
         run: |
@@ -65,10 +71,10 @@ jobs:
       - name: Generate changelog
         id: generate_changelog
         run: |
-          echo "Debug: Latest tag is ${{ steps.get_latest_tag.outputs.LATEST_TAG }}"
+          echo "Debug: Latest tag is ${{ steps.latest_tag.outputs.LATEST_TAG }}"
 
           changelog=""
-          if [[ "${{ steps.get_latest_tag.outputs.LATEST_TAG }}" == "v0.0.0" ]]; then
+          if [[ "${{ steps.latest_tag.outputs.LATEST_TAG }}" == "v0.0.0" ]]; then
             echo "Debug: No previous tag found, getting all changes in src directory"
             git diff --name-status $(git hash-object -t tree /dev/null)
             
@@ -90,9 +96,9 @@ jobs:
               fi
             done < <(git diff --name-status $(git hash-object -t tree /dev/null))
           else
-            echo "Debug: Previous tag found, getting changes since ${{ steps.get_latest_tag.outputs.LATEST_TAG }}"
-            git diff --name-status ${{ steps.get_latest_tag.outputs.LATEST_TAG }}
             
+            echo "Debug: Previous tag found, getting changes since ${{ steps.latest_tag.outputs.LATEST_TAG }}"
+            git diff --name-status ${{ steps.latest_tag.outputs.LATEST_TAG }}
             while IFS= read -r line; do
               status=$(echo $line | cut -d' ' -f1)
               file=$(echo $line | cut -d' ' -f2-)
@@ -107,7 +113,7 @@ jobs:
                 changelog+="- $action [$file](https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}/commit/${{ github.sha }}#diff-$(echo -n $file | sha256sum | cut -d' ' -f1))"$'\n'
                 echo "Debug: Added to changelog: $action $file"
               fi
-            done < <(git diff --name-status ${{ steps.get_latest_tag.outputs.LATEST_TAG }})
+            done < <(git diff --name-status ${{ steps.latest_tag.outputs.LATEST_TAG }})
           fi
 
           echo "Debug: Final changelog:"
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2c3f63c..36fb327 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@uniswap/briefcase",
-  "version": "0.1.0",
+  "version": "0.1.-1",
   "description": "Smart contract interfaces of Uniswap protocol smart contracts",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",