diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/release.yml b/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
index e0cccbd..28a2659 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ on:
   push:
     # Sequence of patterns matched against refs/tags
     tags:
-      - '*' # Push events to matching v*, i.e. v1.0, v20.15.10
+      - 'v*' # Push events to matching v*, i.e. v1.0, v20.15.10
 
   # Allows you to run this workflow manually from the Actions tab
   workflow_dispatch:
@@ -43,6 +43,17 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip
         pip install setuptools wheel twine
+    - name: Check version match
+      run: |
+        REPOSITORY_NAME=$(echo "$GITHUB_REPOSITORY" | awk -F '/' '{print $2}' | tr '-' '_' | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')
+        test "$(cat $REPOSITORY_NAME/VERSION)" = "${GITHUB_REF_NAME:1}"
+        SUCCESS=$?
+        if $SUCCESS; then
+          echo "Version matches successfully!"
+        else
+          echo "Version must match!"
+          return -1
+        fi
     - name: Build and publish
       env:
         TWINE_USERNAME: __token__
@@ -50,6 +61,5 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         REPOSITORY_OWNER=$(echo "$GITHUB_REPOSITORY" | awk -F '/' '{print $1}')
         python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
-        echo "uploading to: https://git.disi.dev/api/packages/$REPOSITORY_OWNER/pypi"
         twine upload --repository-url https://git.disi.dev/api/packages/$REPOSITORY_OWNER/pypi -u gitearobot -p ${{ secrets.PACKAGE_GITEA_PAT }} dist/*