diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index 705dc37..4b19293 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@ updates:
     directory: "/"
     schedule:
       interval: "daily"
-    target-branch: "main"
+    target-branch: "dev"
     open-pull-requests-limit: 10
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/tests.yaml
index 19c5cef..6419c6e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yaml
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: flake8
         run: |
           flake8 --select F,E722 --ignore F403,F405,F541
+
   test:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
@@ -57,12 +58,11 @@ jobs:
           token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
           files: ./cov.xml
           verbose: true
-      
+
   publish:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs: test
     if: github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'
-    continue-on-error: true
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
@@ -76,20 +76,56 @@ jobs:
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
           pip install poetry build
           poetry self add "poetry-dynamic-versioning[plugin]"
-      - name: Build Pypi package
-        if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'
+
+      - name: Get current version from Poetry
+        id: get_version
+        run: |
+          VERSION=$(poetry version --short)
+          echo "VERSION=$VERSION" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+      - name: Fetch latest tag
+        run: |
+          git fetch --tags
+          LATEST_TAG=$(git describe --tags $(git rev-list --tags --max-count=1))
+          echo "LATEST_TAG=$LATEST_TAG" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+      - name: Retrieve and strip "v" prefix if present
+        run: |
+          # Retrieve and strip "v" prefix if present
+          CURRENT_VERSION="${{ env.VERSION }}"
+          LATEST_VERSION="${{ env.LATEST_TAG }}"
+          CURRENT_VERSION="${CURRENT_VERSION#v}"
+          LATEST_VERSION="${LATEST_VERSION#v}"
+          
+          # Extract major.minor for comparison
+          CURRENT_MAJOR_MINOR=$(echo "$CURRENT_VERSION" | cut -d '.' -f 1-2)
+          LATEST_MAJOR_MINOR=$(echo "$LATEST_VERSION" | cut -d '.' -f 1-2)
+          
+          # Compare versions
+          if [ "$CURRENT_MAJOR_MINOR" == "$LATEST_MAJOR_MINOR" ]; then
+            echo "VERSION_CHANGE=false" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          else
+            echo "VERSION_CHANGE=true" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          fi
+        shell: bash
+        env:
+          VERSION: ${{ env.VERSION }}  # dynamically passed VERSION variable
+          LATEST_TAG: ${{ env.LATEST_TAG }}  # dynamically passed LATEST_TAG variable
+
+      - name: Build PyPi package
+        if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' && env.VERSION_CHANGE == 'true'
         run: python -m build
-      - name: Publish Pypi package
-        if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'
+
+      - name: Publish PyPi package
+        if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' && env.VERSION_CHANGE == 'true'
         uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1.5
         with:
           password: ${{ secrets.PYPI_API_TOKEN }}
-      - name: Get current version from Poetry
-        id: get_version
-        run: echo "::set-output name=VERSION::$(poetry version --short)"
-      - name: Create Git tag
+
+      - name: Tag the release if major or minor version changed
+        if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' && env.VERSION_CHANGE == 'true'
         run: |
           git config user.name "github-actions[bot]"
           git config user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
-          git tag -a "$(echo ${{ steps.get_version.outputs.VERSION }})" -m "Release ${{ steps.get_version.outputs.VERSION }}"
-          git push origin "$(echo ${{ steps.get_version.outputs.VERSION }})"
+          git tag -a "${{ env.VERSION }}" -m "Release ${{ env.VERSION }}"
+          git push origin "refs/tags/${{ env.VERSION }}"
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 0294f27..0d72a72 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -1260,21 +1260,21 @@ dev = ["argcomplete", "attrs (>=19.2)", "hypothesis (>=3.56)", "mock", "pygments
 
 [[package]]
 name = "pytest-cov"
-version = "4.1.0"
+version = "6.0.0"
 description = "Pytest plugin for measuring coverage."
 optional = false
-python-versions = ">=3.7"
+python-versions = ">=3.9"
 files = [
-    {file = "pytest-cov-4.1.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:3904b13dfbfec47f003b8e77fd5b589cd11904a21ddf1ab38a64f204d6a10ef6"},
-    {file = "pytest_cov-4.1.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:6ba70b9e97e69fcc3fb45bfeab2d0a138fb65c4d0d6a41ef33983ad114be8c3a"},
+    {file = "pytest-cov-6.0.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:fde0b595ca248bb8e2d76f020b465f3b107c9632e6a1d1705f17834c89dcadc0"},
+    {file = "pytest_cov-6.0.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:eee6f1b9e61008bd34975a4d5bab25801eb31898b032dd55addc93e96fcaaa35"},
 ]
 
 [package.dependencies]
-coverage = {version = ">=5.2.1", extras = ["toml"]}
+coverage = {version = ">=7.5", extras = ["toml"]}
 pytest = ">=4.6"
 
 [package.extras]
-testing = ["fields", "hunter", "process-tests", "pytest-xdist", "six", "virtualenv"]
+testing = ["fields", "hunter", "process-tests", "pytest-xdist", "virtualenv"]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "pytest-mock"
@@ -1712,4 +1712,4 @@ type = ["pytest-mypy"]
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = "^3.9"
-content-hash = "25a2bc86e354f2731f4ddb30dac7255db97fa52a5ce2415dda717b62106f219e"
+content-hash = "4ba30698f4b8d42f6768cd8b4f9438272947260ae9765e1af3300dcf3ffd13f9"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 8c113d3..29a7644 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ readme = "README.md"
 [tool.poetry.dev-dependencies]
 requests-mock = "^1.10.0"
 pytest = "^8.3.3"
-pytest-cov = "^4.0.0"
+pytest-cov = "^6.0.0"
 mock = "^4.0.3"
 pytest-mock = "^3.10.0"
 poetry-dynamic-versioning = {extras = ["plugin"], version = "^0.21.1"}