diff --git a/.github/workflows/tag_and_release.yaml b/.github/workflows/tag_and_release.yaml
index c2c6bc0..7987915 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tag_and_release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tag_and_release.yaml
@@ -29,10 +29,11 @@ jobs:
       - name: Read VERSION file
         id: getversion
         run: echo "::set-output name=version::$(python ./setup.py --version)"
+
       # only make release if there is NOT a git tag for this version
       - name: "Check: package version has corresponding git tag"
         # this will prevent this from doing anything when run through ACT
-        if: ${{ !env.ACT }}
+        if: ${{ !env.ACT AND contains(steps.getversion.outputs.version, '.') }}
         id: tagged
         shell: bash
         run: git show-ref --tags --verify --quiet -- "refs/tags/v${{ steps.getversion.outputs.version }}" && echo "::set-output name=tagged::0" || echo "::set-output name=tagged::1"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test_build.yaml b/.github/workflows/test_build.yaml
index ac5ff74..1986a0c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test_build.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test_build.yaml
@@ -41,6 +41,11 @@ jobs:
         run: pip install setuptools wheel build pyinstaller
       - name: Install requirements
         run: if [ -f requirements.txt ]; then pip install -r requirements.txt; fi
+
+      - name: Read VERSION file
+        id: getversion
+        run: echo "$(python ./setup.py --version)"
+
       - name: Run Tests - Source
         run: python tests/tests.py
       - name: Run build