diff --git a/.github/workflows/bump_and_release.yaml b/.github/workflows/bump_and_release.yaml
index 70844a7..17a0008 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/bump_and_release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/bump_and_release.yaml
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ jobs:
           fi
 
       - name: Bump version and push tag
-        uses: anothrNick/github-tag-action@1.67.0
+        # uses: anothrNick/github-tag-action@1.67.0
+        uses: umdlife/umd_workflows/bump-action@feat/manual-bump
         id: autoversion
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.PAT }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tag_and_push_docker.yaml b/.github/workflows/tag_and_push_docker.yaml
index ddc01ae..aa3c8c1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tag_and_push_docker.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tag_and_push_docker.yaml
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ jobs:
         fi
 
     - name: Bump version
-      uses: anothrNick/github-tag-action@1.67.0
+      # uses: anothrNick/github-tag-action@1.67.0
+      uses: umdlife/umd_workflows/bump-action@feat/manual-bump
       id: autoversion
       env:
         GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.PAT }}
diff --git a/bump-action/action.yml b/bump-action/action.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4683522
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bump-action/action.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+name: 'Github Tag Bump'
+description: 'Bump and push git tag on merge'
+author: 'Nick Sjostrom'
+runs:
+  using: 'node16'
+  main: 'dist/index.js'
+outputs:
+  new_tag:
+    description: 'Generated tag'
+  tag:
+    description: 'The latest tag after running this action'
+  part:
+    description: 'The part of version which was bumped'
+branding:
+  icon: 'git-merge'  
+  color: 'purple'
diff --git a/bump-action/dist/bump-version.sh b/bump-action/dist/bump-version.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..83e3d39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bump-action/dist/bump-version.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,281 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -eo pipefail
+
+# config
+default_semvar_bump=${DEFAULT_BUMP:-minor}
+default_branch=${DEFAULT_BRANCH:-$GITHUB_BASE_REF} # get the default branch from github runner env vars
+with_v=${WITH_V:-false}
+release_branches=${RELEASE_BRANCHES:-master,main}
+custom_tag=${CUSTOM_TAG:-}
+source=${SOURCE:-.}
+dryrun=${DRY_RUN:-false}
+git_api_tagging=${GIT_API_TAGGING:-true}
+initial_version=${INITIAL_VERSION:-0.0.0}
+tag_context=${TAG_CONTEXT:-repo}
+prerelease=${PRERELEASE:-false}
+suffix=${PRERELEASE_SUFFIX:-beta}
+verbose=${VERBOSE:-false}
+major_string_token=${MAJOR_STRING_TOKEN:-#major}
+minor_string_token=${MINOR_STRING_TOKEN:-#minor}
+patch_string_token=${PATCH_STRING_TOKEN:-#patch}
+none_string_token=${NONE_STRING_TOKEN:-#none}
+branch_history=${BRANCH_HISTORY:-compare}
+# since https://github.blog/2022-04-12-git-security-vulnerability-announced/ runner uses?
+git config --global --add safe.directory /github/workspace
+
+cd "${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/${source}" || exit 1
+
+echo "*** CONFIGURATION ***"
+echo -e "\tDEFAULT_BUMP: ${default_semvar_bump}"
+echo -e "\tDEFAULT_BRANCH: ${default_branch}"
+echo -e "\tWITH_V: ${with_v}"
+echo -e "\tRELEASE_BRANCHES: ${release_branches}"
+echo -e "\tCUSTOM_TAG: ${custom_tag}"
+echo -e "\tSOURCE: ${source}"
+echo -e "\tDRY_RUN: ${dryrun}"
+echo -e "\tGIT_API_TAGGING: ${git_api_tagging}"
+echo -e "\tINITIAL_VERSION: ${initial_version}"
+echo -e "\tTAG_CONTEXT: ${tag_context}"
+echo -e "\tPRERELEASE: ${prerelease}"
+echo -e "\tPRERELEASE_SUFFIX: ${suffix}"
+echo -e "\tVERBOSE: ${verbose}"
+echo -e "\tMAJOR_STRING_TOKEN: ${major_string_token}"
+echo -e "\tMINOR_STRING_TOKEN: ${minor_string_token}"
+echo -e "\tPATCH_STRING_TOKEN: ${patch_string_token}"
+echo -e "\tNONE_STRING_TOKEN: ${none_string_token}"
+echo -e "\tBRANCH_HISTORY: ${branch_history}"
+
+# verbose, show everything
+if $verbose
+then
+    set -x
+fi
+
+setOutput() {
+    echo "${1}=${2}" >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
+}
+
+current_branch=$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)
+
+pre_release="$prerelease"
+IFS=',' read -ra branch <<< "$release_branches"
+for b in "${branch[@]}"; do
+    # check if ${current_branch} is in ${release_branches} | exact branch match
+    if [[ "$current_branch" == "$b" ]]
+    then
+        pre_release="false"
+    fi
+    # verify non specific branch names like  .* release/* if wildcard filter then =~
+    if [ "$b" != "${b//[\[\]|.? +*]/}" ] && [[ "$current_branch" =~ $b ]]
+    then
+        pre_release="false"
+    fi
+done
+echo "pre_release = $pre_release"
+
+# fetch tags
+git fetch --tags
+
+tagFmt="^v?[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$"
+preTagFmt="^v?[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(-$suffix\.[0-9]+)$"
+
+# get the git refs
+git_refs=
+case "$tag_context" in
+    *repo*)
+        git_refs=$(git for-each-ref --sort=-v:refname --format '%(refname:lstrip=2)')
+        ;;
+    *branch*)
+        git_refs=$(git tag --list --merged HEAD --sort=-committerdate)
+        ;;
+    * ) echo "Unrecognised context"
+        exit 1;;
+esac
+
+# get the latest tag that looks like a semver (with or without v)
+matching_tag_refs=$( (grep -E "$tagFmt" <<< "$git_refs") || true)
+matching_pre_tag_refs=$( (grep -E "$preTagFmt" <<< "$git_refs") || true)
+tag=$(head -n 1 <<< "$matching_tag_refs")
+pre_tag=$(head -n 1 <<< "$matching_pre_tag_refs")
+
+# if there are none, start tags at INITIAL_VERSION
+if [ -z "$tag" ]
+then
+    if $with_v
+    then
+        tag="v$initial_version"
+    else
+        tag="$initial_version"
+    fi
+    if [ -z "$pre_tag" ] && $pre_release
+    then
+        if $with_v
+        then
+            pre_tag="v$initial_version"
+        else
+            pre_tag="$initial_version"
+        fi
+    fi
+fi
+
+# get current commit hash for tag
+tag_commit=$(git rev-list -n 1 "$tag" || true )
+# get current commit hash
+commit=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
+# skip if there are no new commits for non-pre_release
+if [ "$tag_commit" == "$commit" ]
+then
+    echo "No new commits since previous tag. Skipping..."
+    setOutput "new_tag" "$tag"
+    setOutput "tag" "$tag"
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+# sanitize that the default_branch is set (via env var when running on PRs) else find it natively
+if [ -z "${default_branch}" ] && [ "$branch_history" == "full" ]
+then
+    echo "The DEFAULT_BRANCH should be autodetected when tag-action runs on on PRs else must be defined, See: https://github.com/anothrNick/github-tag-action/pull/230, since is not defined we find it natively"
+    default_branch=$(git branch -rl '*/master' '*/main' | cut -d / -f2)
+    echo "default_branch=${default_branch}"
+    # re check this
+    if [ -z "${default_branch}" ]
+    then
+        echo "::error::DEFAULT_BRANCH must not be null, something has gone wrong."
+        exit 1
+    fi
+fi
+
+# get the merge commit message looking for #bumps
+declare -A history_type=(
+    ["last"]="$(git show -s --format=%B)" \
+    ["full"]="$(git log "${default_branch}"..HEAD --format=%B)" \
+    ["compare"]="$(git log "${tag_commit}".."${commit}" --format=%B)" \
+)
+log=${history_type[${branch_history}]}
+printf "History:\n---\n%s\n---\n" "$log"
+
+case "$log" in
+    *$major_string_token* ) new=$(semver -i major "$tag"); part="major";;
+    *$minor_string_token* ) new=$(semver -i minor "$tag"); part="minor";;
+    *$patch_string_token* ) new=$(semver -i patch "$tag"); part="patch";;
+    *$none_string_token* )
+        echo "Default bump was set to none. Skipping..."
+        setOutput "old_tag" "$tag"
+        setOutput "new_tag" "$tag"
+        setOutput "tag" "$tag"
+        setOutput "part" "$default_semvar_bump"
+        exit 0;;
+    * )
+        if [ "$default_semvar_bump" == "none" ]
+        then
+            echo "Default bump was set to none. Skipping..."
+            setOutput "old_tag" "$tag"
+            setOutput "new_tag" "$tag"
+            setOutput "tag" "$tag"
+            setOutput "part" "$default_semvar_bump"
+            exit 0
+        else
+            new=$(semver -i "${default_semvar_bump}" "$tag")
+            part=$default_semvar_bump
+        fi
+        ;;
+esac
+
+if $pre_release
+then
+    # get current commit hash for tag
+    pre_tag_commit=$(git rev-list -n 1 "$pre_tag" || true)
+    # skip if there are no new commits for pre_release
+    if [ "$pre_tag_commit" == "$commit" ]
+    then
+        echo "No new commits since previous pre_tag. Skipping..."
+        setOutput "new_tag" "$pre_tag"
+        setOutput "tag" "$pre_tag"
+        exit 0
+    fi
+    # already a pre-release available, bump it
+    if [[ "$pre_tag" =~ $new ]] && [[ "$pre_tag" =~ $suffix ]]
+    then
+        if $with_v
+        then
+            new=v$(semver -i prerelease "${pre_tag}" --preid "${suffix}")
+        else
+            new=$(semver -i prerelease "${pre_tag}" --preid "${suffix}")
+        fi
+        echo -e "Bumping ${suffix} pre-tag ${pre_tag}. New pre-tag ${new}"
+    else
+        if $with_v
+        then
+            new="v$new-$suffix.0"
+        else
+            new="$new-$suffix.0"
+        fi
+        echo -e "Setting ${suffix} pre-tag ${pre_tag} - With pre-tag ${new}"
+    fi
+    part="pre-$part"
+else
+    if $with_v
+    then
+        new="v$new"
+    fi
+    echo -e "Bumping tag ${tag} - New tag ${new}"
+fi
+
+# as defined in readme if CUSTOM_TAG is used any semver calculations are irrelevant.
+if [ -n "$custom_tag" ]
+then
+    new="$custom_tag"
+fi
+
+# set outputs
+setOutput "new_tag" "$new"
+setOutput "part" "$part"
+setOutput "tag" "$new" # this needs to go in v2 is breaking change
+setOutput "old_tag" "$tag"
+
+# dry run exit without real changes
+if $dryrun
+then
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+echo "EVENT: creating local tag $new"
+# create local git tag
+git tag -f "$new" || exit 1
+echo "EVENT: pushing tag $new to origin"
+
+if $git_api_tagging
+then
+    # use git api to push
+    dt=$(date '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ')
+    full_name=$GITHUB_REPOSITORY
+    git_refs_url=$(jq .repository.git_refs_url "$GITHUB_EVENT_PATH" | tr -d '"' | sed 's/{\/sha}//g')
+
+    echo "$dt: **pushing tag $new to repo $full_name"
+
+    git_refs_response=$(
+    curl -s -X POST "$git_refs_url" \
+    -H "Authorization: token $GITHUB_TOKEN" \
+    -d @- << EOF
+{
+    "ref": "refs/tags/$new",
+    "sha": "$commit"
+}
+EOF
+)
+
+    git_ref_posted=$( echo "${git_refs_response}" | jq .ref | tr -d '"' )
+
+    echo "::debug::${git_refs_response}"
+    if [ "${git_ref_posted}" = "refs/tags/${new}" ]
+    then
+        exit 0
+    else
+        echo "::error::Tag was not created properly."
+        exit 1
+    fi
+else
+    # use git cli to push
+    git push -f origin "$new" || exit 1
+fi
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/bump-action/dist/index.js b/bump-action/dist/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..08881d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bump-action/dist/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+const core = require("@actions/core");
+const exec = require("@actions/exec");
+
+async function run() {
+  try {
+    // Execute bash script
+    await exec.exec(`${__dirname}/bump-version.sh`);
+  } catch (error) {
+    core.setFailed(error.message);
+  }
+}
+
+run();