diff --git a/.github/workflows/desktop-release.yml b/.github/workflows/desktop-release.yml
index b22030950..6e67fc91c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/desktop-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/desktop-release.yml
@@ -21,41 +21,24 @@ jobs:
   get-version:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     outputs:
-      version: ${{ steps.vars.outputs.version }}
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-      - name: Get Latest Release
-        id: get_latest_release
-        uses: cardinalby/git-get-release-action@v1
-        with:
-          latest: true
-          prerelease: true
-          # excludes: rc, alpha, beta # Optional. Exclude keywords like rc, alpha, beta releases.
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
+      version: ${{ steps.set_version.outputs.version }}
 
-      - name: Bump possible release candidate version
-        id: bump_version
-        uses: christian-draeger/increment-semantic-version@1.0.2
-        with:
-          current-version: ${{ steps.get_latest_release.outputs.name }}
-          version-fragment: "rc"
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
-      - name: Check out the branch or tag
-        id: vars
-        run: |
-          # echo "version=${{ github.ref_name }}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-
-          if [[ $GITHUB_REF =~ ^refs/tags/ ]]; then
-            VERSION=${{ github.ref_name }}
-          elif [[ $GITHUB_REF =~ ^refs/heads/release/.* ]]; then 
-            VERSION=${{ steps.bump_version.outputs.next-version }}
-          else
-            VERSION=0.0.1
-          fi
-          echo "version=$VERSION" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout code
+      uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    
+    - name: Set Version
+      id: set_version
+      run: |
+        if [[ $GITHUB_REF =~ ^refs/tags/ ]]; then
+          VERSION=${{ github.ref_name }}
+        elif [[ $GITHUB_REF =~ ^refs/heads/release/.* ]]; then 
+          chmod +x ./scripts/generate-rc-version.sh
+          VERSION=$(echo ./scripts/generate-rc-version.sh ${{ github.ref }})
+        else
+          VERSION=0.0.1
+        fi
+        echo "version=$VERSION" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
 
   build-binaries:
     name: Build ${{ matrix.config.os }} @ ${{ matrix.config.arch }}
diff --git a/scripts/generate-rc-version.sh b/scripts/generate-rc-version.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..88ffed1bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/generate-rc-version.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+BRANCH_NAME=$1
+
+# Extract version number from the branch name
+VERSION=$(echo $BRANCH_NAME | grep -oP 'release\/\K\d+\.\d+\.\d+')
+
+# Check if there are any releases matching the branch's version pattern
+RELEASES=$(git tag --list "$VERSION-rc*" | sort -V)
+
+if [ -z "$RELEASES" ]; then
+  # If no releases are found, set the version to <branch_version>-rc0
+  VERSION="$VERSION-rc0"
+else
+  # If there are releases, find the latest release and increment the version
+  LATEST_RELEASE=$(echo "$RELEASES" | tail -n 1)
+  NEXT_RC_NUMBER=$(echo "$LATEST_RELEASE" | grep -oP '\d+$' | awk '{print $1 + 1}')
+  VERSION="$VERSION-rc$NEXT_RC_NUMBER"
+fi
+
+echo $VERSION