diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-publish.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci-publish.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 2e30669e..00000000
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-publish.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,121 +0,0 @@
-name: CI workflow to publish to npm
-
-on:
-  pull_request:
-    # PR is targeting main branch
-    branches:
-      - main
-    # Triggered only when package.json is modified 
-    # paths:
-    #   - 'package.json'
-    # Triggered only the PR is merged
-    types: [closed]
-    
-jobs:
-  # Add  timestamp
-  timestamp: 
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    outputs:
-      PR_BRANCH_NAME: ${{ steps.get_pr_branch_name.outputs.PR_BRANCH_NAME }}
-    steps:
-      - name: Generate timestamp
-        run: |
-          echo "TIMESTAMP=$(TZ='America/Los_Angeles' date +'%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-          echo ${{ github.head_ref }}
-
-      - name: Print timestamp
-        run: |
-          echo "Execution time (Pacific Time Zone): $TIMESTAMP"
-
-      - name: Get PR branch name
-        id: get_pr_branch_name
-        run: |
-          echo "PR_BRANCH_NAME=${{ github.head_ref }}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-
-  # Parse version from main branch
-  parse-package-version-main:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: timestamp
-    # Trigger the workflow only if the PR is from dev branch
-    if: ${{ needs.timestamp.outputs.PR_BRANCH_NAME == 'dev' }}
-    outputs:
-      MAIN_VERSION: ${{ steps.parse_package_json.outputs.MAIN_VERSION }}
-    steps:
-      # checkout the main branch
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 # v4.1.1
-        with:
-          ref: main
-
-      - name: Parse package.json
-        id: parse_package_json
-        run: |
-          content=$(cat packages/core-sdk/package.json)
-          echo "MAIN_VERSION=$(echo $content | jq -r '.version')" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-
-  # Parse version from dev branch
-  parse-package-version-dev:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: timestamp
-    # Trigger the workflow only if the PR is from dev branch
-    if: ${{ needs.timestamp.outputs.PR_BRANCH_NAME == 'dev' }}
-    outputs:
-      DEV_VERSION: ${{ steps.parse_package_json.outputs.DEV_VERSION }}
-    steps:
-      # checkout the dev branch
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 # v4.1.1
-        with:
-          ref: dev
-
-      - name: Parse package.json
-        id: parse_package_json
-        run: |
-          content=$(cat packages/core-sdk/package.json)
-          echo "DEV_VERSION=$(echo $content | jq -r '.version')" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-
-  build-test-publish:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: [timestamp, parse-package-version-main, parse-package-version-dev]
-    # Trigger the workflow only if the PR is from dev branch, and DEV_VERSION is different from MAIN_VERSION
-    if: ${{ needs.timestamp.outputs.PR_BRANCH_NAME == 'dev' }} && needs.parse-package-version-main.outputs.MAIN_VERSION != needs.parse-package-version-dev.outputs.DEV_VERSION
-    steps:
-      - name: QA Check
-        run: |
-          echo "MAIN_VERSION=${{ needs.parse-package-version-main.outputs.MAIN_VERSION }}"
-          echo "DEV_VERSION=${{ needs.parse-package-version-dev.outputs.DEV_VERSION }}"
-          if [ "${{ needs.parse-package-version-main.outputs.MAIN_VERSION }}" == "${{ needs.parse-package-version-dev.outputs.DEV_VERSION }}" ]; then
-            echo "QA Check failed: MAIN_VERSION and DEV_VERSION are the same"
-            exit 1
-          fi
-
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 # v4.1.1
-      
-      - uses: pnpm/action-setup@d882d12c64e032187b2edb46d3a0d003b7a43598 # v2.4.0
-        with:
-          version: 8.8.0
-
-      - name: Setup Node.js environment
-        uses: actions/setup-node@b39b52d1213e96004bfcb1c61a8a6fa8ab84f3e8 # v4.0.1
-        with:
-          node-version: 20.0.0
-          cache: pnpm
-          registry-url: https://registry.npmjs.org/
-
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        run: pnpm install
-
-      - name: Build
-        run: pnpm build
-
-      # Disabled test for now for later validation
-      - name: Test
-        run: pnpm test
-
-      - name: Publish to npm
-        run: |
-          cd packages/core-sdk
-          npm publish
-        env:
-          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-package.yaml b/.github/workflows/publish-package.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dc7336fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-package.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+name: Publish to npm, Tag and GH Release
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - master
+      - main
+
+jobs:
+  # Add  timestamp
+  print_timestamp: 
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Generate timestamp
+        run: |
+          echo "TIMESTAMP=$(TZ='America/Los_Angeles' date +'%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo ${{ github.head_ref }}
+
+      - name: Print timestamp
+        run: |
+          echo "Execution time (Pacific Time Zone) $TIMESTAMP"
+
+  print_version_to_publish:
+    needs: [print_timestamp]
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+      version_to_be_published: ${{ steps.get_version_to_publish.outputs.VERSION_TO_BE_PUBLISHED }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 # v4.1.1
+
+      - name: Get version to publish
+        id: get_version_to_publish
+        run: |
+          content=$(cat packages/core-sdk/package.json)
+          echo "VERSION_TO_BE_PUBLISHED=$(echo $content | jq -r '.version')" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+  # Fetch the latest version from NPM
+  fetch_latest_version:
+    needs: [print_timestamp]
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Get latest package version
+        run: |
+          LATEST_VERSION=$(npm view @story-protocol/core-sdk version)
+          echo "Latest version of @story-protocol/core-sdk on NPMJS is $LATEST_VERSION"
+
+  # TO-DO: check if pushed version is greater than the latest version on NPM
+
+  build-test-publish:
+    needs: [print_version_to_publish, fetch_latest_version]
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 # v4.1.1
+      
+      - uses: pnpm/action-setup@d882d12c64e032187b2edb46d3a0d003b7a43598 # v2.4.0
+        with:
+          version: 8.8.0
+
+      - name: Setup Node.js environment
+        uses: actions/setup-node@b39b52d1213e96004bfcb1c61a8a6fa8ab84f3e8 # v4.0.1
+        with:
+          node-version: 20.0.0
+          cache: pnpm
+          registry-url: https://registry.npmjs.org/
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: pnpm install
+
+      - name: Build
+        run: pnpm build
+
+      - name: Test
+        run: pnpm test
+
+      - name: Publish to npm
+        run: |
+          cd packages/core-sdk
+          npm publish
+        env:
+          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Tag and Push
+        run: |
+          VERSION=${{ needs.print_version_to_publish.outputs.version_to_be_published }}
+          git config --global user.name 'GitHub Actions'
+          git config --global user.email 'actions@github.com'
+          git tag -a v$VERSION -m "Release v$VERSION"
+          git push origin v$VERSION
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Create GitHub Release
+        id: create_release
+        uses: actions/create-release@v1
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        with:
+          tag_name: v${{ needs.print_version_to_publish.outputs.version_to_be_published }}
+          release_name: Release v${{ needs.print_version_to_publish.outputs.version_to_be_published }}
+          body: Release of version v${{ needs.print_version_to_publish.outputs.version_to_be_published }}
+          draft: false
+          prerelease: false
diff --git a/packages/core-sdk/package.json b/packages/core-sdk/package.json
index aaf68306..05f6ea47 100644
--- a/packages/core-sdk/package.json
+++ b/packages/core-sdk/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@story-protocol/core-sdk",
-  "version": "0.0.1-beta-rc.1",
+  "version": "0.0.1-beta-test.1",
   "description": "Story Protocol Core SDK",
   "main": "dist/story-protocol-core-sdk.cjs.js",
   "module": "dist/story-protocol-core-sdk.esm.js",