diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-pr.yml b/.github/workflows/release-pr.yml
index 966ce5a..1df8edd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-pr.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-pr.yml
@@ -20,14 +20,32 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         git config --global user.name 'GitHub Actions'
         git config --global user.email 'actions@github.com'
+    - name: Check Commit Message
+      id: check_commit
+      run: |
+        commit_message=$(git log -1 --pretty=%B)
+        if [[ "$commit_message" =~ ^chore\(release\):\ ([.0-9]+).* ]]; then
+          version="${BASH_REMATCH[1]}"
+          echo "is_release=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "version=$version" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+        else
+          echo "is_release=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+        fi
     - uses: oven-sh/setup-bun@v2
-    - run: bunx standard-version
+    - name: generate changelog and bump version
+      if: steps.check_commit.outputs.is_release == 'false'
+      run: bunx standard-version
     - name: Create Pull Request
+      if: steps.check_commit.outputs.is_release == 'false'
       uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v6
       with:
-        commit-message: "chore(release): bump version"
-        title: "Bump Version"
+        title: "Pending Release"
         body: "Automated version bump using standard-version"
         branch: version-bump
         delete-branch: true
-        base: main
\ No newline at end of file
+        base: main
+    - name: tag current package version and push
+      if: steps.check_commit.outputs.is_release == 'true'
+      run: |
+        git tag v${{ steps.check_commit.outputs.version }}
+        git push --tags
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b815cec..7a52c38 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. See [standard-version](https://github.com/conventional-changelog/standard-version) for commit guidelines.
 
+### [0.4.6](https://github.com/nix-community/vscode-nix-ide/compare/v0.4.5...v0.4.6) (2025-01-24)
+
 ### [0.4.5](https://github.com/nix-community/vscode-nix-ide/compare/v0.4.3...v0.4.5) (2025-01-24)
 
 ### [0.4.4](https://github.com/nix-community/vscode-nix-ide/compare/v0.4.2...v0.4.4) (2025-01-24)
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c4c974e..197c1ab 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "name": "nix-ide",
   "displayName": "Nix IDE",
   "description": "Nix language support - syntax highlighting, formatting, and error reporting.",
-  "version": "0.4.5",
+  "version": "0.4.6",
   "publisher": "jnoortheen",
   "icon": "images/icon.png",
   "license": "MIT",