diff --git a/.github/workflows/pull-request.yml b/.github/workflows/pull-request.yml
index 59f1ad7a..7b826502 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pull-request.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pull-request.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,14 @@
-name: pytest
+name: Testing
 
 on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+    tags:
+      - "v*"
   pull_request:
-    branches: [main]
+    branches:
+      - main
 
 jobs:
   build:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pytest-docs.yml b/.github/workflows/pytest-docs.yml
index a26ebfaa..290e0232 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pytest-docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pytest-docs.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
-name: Tests
+name: Build Docs
 
-on: [release, workflow_dispatch]
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+    tags:
+      - "v*"
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - main
 
 jobs:
   build:
@@ -20,18 +28,20 @@ jobs:
           cache: 'pip'
           cache-dependency-path: '**/pyproject.toml'
       - name: Install webdriver
-        run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install firefox-geckodriver
+        run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install chromium-chromedriver
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
           python${{ matrix.python-version }} -m pip install --upgrade pip packaging wheel
           python${{ matrix.python-version }} -m pip install `grep numpy== requirements/ubuntu-latest_py${{ matrix.python-version }}_extras.txt`
           python${{ matrix.python-version }} -m pip install -r requirements/ubuntu-latest_py${{ matrix.python-version }}_extras.txt
+          python${{ matrix.python-version }} -m pip install --upgrade pip
           python${{ matrix.python-version }} -m pip install --no-deps .
       - name: Build new docs
         run: |
           cd docs_rst
           make html
       - name: Detect changes
+        if: contains(github.ref, 'refs/heads/main')
         id: changes
         shell: bash
         run: |
@@ -45,7 +55,3 @@ jobs:
           git add -A
           git commit -m "Automated doc build"
           git push
-      - name: pytest
-        env:
-          PERCY_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.PERCY_TOKEN }}
-        run: pytest --color=yes --webdriver Firefox --headless crystal_toolkit/apps/examples/tests/
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 6446b174..31782afd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 name: Release
 
-on: workflow_dispatch
+on:
+  release:
+    types: [published]
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
 
 jobs:
   deploy:
@@ -21,32 +26,6 @@ jobs:
           cache: "pip"
           cache-dependency-path: '**/pyproject.toml'
 
-      - name: bump version and create tag
-        env:
-          DATE_FORMAT: "%Y.%m.%d"
-        run: |
-          NEXT_RELEASE=$(date "+${DATE_FORMAT}")
-          LAST_RELEASE=$(git tag --sort=v:refname | grep "^20[^\-]*$" | tail -n 1)
-          echo "Last release : ${LAST_RELEASE}"
-          MAJOR_LAST_RELEASE=$(echo "${LAST_RELEASE}" | awk -v l=${#NEXT_RELEASE} '{ string=substr($0, 1, l); print string; }')
-          echo "Last major release : ${MAJOR_LAST_RELEASE}"
-          if [ "${MAJOR_LAST_RELEASE}" = "${NEXT_RELEASE}" ]; then
-            MINOR_LAST_RELEASE="$(echo "${LAST_RELEASE}" | awk -v l=$((${#NEXT_RELEASE} + 2)) '{ string=substr($0, l); print string; }')"
-            NEXT_RELEASE=${MAJOR_LAST_RELEASE}.$((MINOR_LAST_RELEASE + 1))
-          fi
-          echo "Next release: ${NEXT_RELEASE}"
-          git config --local user.email "github-actions@github.com"
-          git config --local user.name "github-actions"
-          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-          python -m pip install --user --upgrade pip build setuptools "setuptools_scm<8" wheel
-          SETUPTOOLS_SCM_PRETEND_VERSION=${NEXT_RELEASE} python -m setuptools_scm
-          git add crystal_toolkit/_version.py
-          git commit -m "version bump: ${NEXT_RELEASE}"
-          git push
-          git tag ${NEXT_RELEASE}
-          git push --tags
-          echo "NEXT_RELEASE=${NEXT_RELEASE}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
@@ -56,9 +35,10 @@ jobs:
           python -m pip install --no-deps .[server]
 
       - name: Build package
-        run: SETUPTOOLS_SCM_PRETEND_VERSION=${{env.NEXT_RELEASE}} python -m build
+        run: pip install build
 
       - name: Publish package
+        if: contains(github.ref, 'refs/heads/main')
         uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1.5
         with:
           user: __token__
diff --git a/crystal_toolkit/_version.py b/crystal_toolkit/_version.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 7c075029..00000000
--- a/crystal_toolkit/_version.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-__version__ = "2023.11.4.dev18"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index bff09b6c..9c6c1423 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -128,3 +128,7 @@ ignore-words-list = "nd,te,ois"
 
 [tool.mypy]
 no_implicit_optional = false
+
+[tool.versioningit.vcs]
+default-tag = "0.0.1"
+method = "git"