diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/release.yml b/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
index ca6bd4a..8a92671 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ on:
         type: boolean
       bump:
         description: 'Bump type'
-        required: true
+        required: false
         default: 'patch'
         type: choice
         options:
@@ -27,13 +27,40 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@master
-        with: 
-          fetch-depth: 0
-          fetch-tags: true
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4.2.2
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0        # Fetch full history
+          fetch-tags: true      # Fetch all tags (refs/tags)
+
+      - name: Install uv
+        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v5
+      - name: Set up Python
+        run: uv python install
+        with:
+          python-version-file: "pyproject.toml"
+      - name: Install the project dependencies
+        run: |
+          uv sync --all-groups
+          uv add pip
+          uv export --format requirements.txt -o requirements.txt
+          # uv run python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          # uv run python -m pip install -r requirements.txt 
+
+      - name: Set Git identity
+        run: |
+          git config user.name "Gitea CI"
+          git config user.email "ci@git.theprivateserver.de"
+      - name: Bump version
+        id: bump
+        run: |
+          uv tool install bump-my-version
+          uv tool run bump-my-version bump ${{ github.event.inputs.bump }}
+          # echo the version to github env, the version is shown by using uv tool run bump-my-version show current_version
+          echo "VERSION<<EOF" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "$(uv tool run bump-my-version show current_version)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "EOF" >> $GITHUB_ENV
       - name: Set up Docker Buildx
         uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
-      
 
       - name: Set up QEMU
         uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v3
@@ -44,51 +71,16 @@ jobs:
           username: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_USERNAME }}
           password: ${{ secrets.TOKEN }}
 
-      - name: Install uv
-        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v5
-      - name: Set up Python
-        run: uv python install
-        with:
-          python-version-file: "pyproject.toml"
-
-      - name: Install the project
-        run: uv sync --all-extras --dev
-
-      - name: Create requirements.txt
+      - name: Get previous tag
+        id: prev_tag
         run: |
-          echo "Creating requirements.txt"
-          uv export --format requirements.txt -o requirements.txt
-          echo "requirements.txt created"
+          prev=$(git tag --sort=-v:refname | sed -n '2p' || true)
+          echo "tag=$prev" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+             
 
-      - name: Set Git identity
-        run: |
-          git config user.name "Gitea CI"
-          git config user.email "ci@git.theprivateserver.de"
-      
-      - name: Build Changelog
-        id: build_changelog
-        uses: https://github.com/mikepenz/release-changelog-builder-action@v5
-        with:
-          platform: "gitea"
-          baseURL: "http://gitea:3000"
-          configuration: ".gitea/changelog-config.json"
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITEA_TOKEN }}
-      
-
-      - name: Bump version
-        id: bump
-        run: |
-          uv tool install bump-my-version
-          uv tool run bump-my-version bump ${{ github.event.inputs.bump }} --allow-dirty
-          # echo the version to github env, the version is shown by using uv tool run bump-my-version show current_version
-          echo "VERSION<<EOF" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-          echo "$(uv tool run bump-my-version show current_version)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-          echo "EOF" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-      - name: Check version
-        run: echo ${{ env.VERSION }}
       - name: Build and store Docker image
         if: ${{ github.event.inputs.docker_release == 'true' }}
+
         run: |
           REPO_NAME=$(echo "${{ github.repository }}" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')
           docker buildx build \
@@ -101,17 +93,28 @@ jobs:
         with:
           github_token: ${{ secrets.TOKEN }}
           branch: ${{ github.ref }}
-      - name: Create release
-        id: create_release
-        if: ${{ github.event.inputs.github_release == 'true' }}
-        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@master
+      - name: Build Changelog
+        id: build_changelog
+        uses: https://github.com/mikepenz/release-changelog-builder-action@v5
         with:
-          tag_name: v${{ env.VERSION }}
-          release_name: Release ${{ env.VERSION }}
-          body: ${{steps.build_changelog.outputs.changelog}}
-          draft: false
-          prerelease: false
-          make_latest: true
+          platform: "gitea"
+          baseURL: "http://gitea:3000"
+          configuration: ".gitea/changelog_config.json"
+
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.TOKEN }}
 
+      - name: Create Gitea Release
+        if: ${{ github.event.inputs.github_release == 'true' }}
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
+        with:
+          tag_name: v${{ env.VERSION }}
+          release_name: Release v${{ env.VERSION }}
+          body: ${{steps.build_changelog.outputs.changelog}}
+          draft: false
+          prerelease: false
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.TOKEN }}
+          GITHUB_REPOSITORY: ${{ github.repository }}
+
+