diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index 3f83dc4..2cf583a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 name: Publish Package to npm
+
 on:
   release:
     types: [created]
+  push:
+    branches: [ main ]  # Added for testing - you can remove this later
 
 jobs:
   build:
@@ -10,10 +13,21 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
-          node-version: '16.x'
+          node-version: '18.x'
           registry-url: 'https://registry.npmjs.org'
       - run: npm ci
       - run: npm run build
-      - run: npm publish
+      - name: Check package version
+        if: github.event_name == 'release'  # Only check version on releases
+        run: |
+          PKG_VERSION=$(node -p "require('./package.json').version")
+          GITHUB_REF_VERSION=${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/v}
+          if [ "$PKG_VERSION" != "$GITHUB_REF_VERSION" ]; then
+            echo "Package version ($PKG_VERSION) does not match tag version ($GITHUB_REF_VERSION)"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+      - name: Publish to npm
+        if: github.event_name == 'release'  # Only publish on releases
+        run: npm publish
         env:
-          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
+          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
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