diff --git a/.github/workflows/pipeline.yaml b/.github/workflows/pipeline.yaml
index d8385a65..9bc5cfc5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pipeline.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pipeline.yaml
@@ -9,64 +9,26 @@ on:
       - '[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+'
 
 jobs:
-  Explore-GitHub-Actions:
+  run_checks:
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/run_checks.yaml
+  deploy:
+    needs: run_checks
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     container: clojure:latest
     environment: test
-    services:
-      kafka:
-        image: confluentinc/cp-kafka:5.1.3
-        env:
-          KAFKA_ADVERTISED_LISTENERS: PLAINTEXT://kafka:9092
-          KAFKA_AUTO_CREATE_TOPICS_ENABLE: true
-          KAFKA_BROKER_ID: 1
-          KAFKA_LISTENER_SECURITY_PROTOCOL_MAP: PLAINTEXT:PLAINTEXT,PLAINTEXT_HOST:PLAINTEXT
-          KAFKA_ZOOKEEPER_CONNECT: zookeeper:2181
-          KAFKA_OFFSETS_TOPIC_REPLICATION_FACTOR: 1
-          KAFKA_GROUP_INITIAL_REBALANCE_DELAY_MS: 0
-          KAFKA_TRANSACTION_STATE_LOG_REPLICATION_FACTOR: 1
-          KAFKA_TRANSACTION_STATE_LOG_MIN_ISR: 1
-      schema-registry:
-        image: confluentinc/cp-schema-registry:5.1.2
-        env:
-          SCHEMA_REGISTRY_HOST_NAME: schema-registry
-          SCHEMA_REGISTRY_KAFKASTORE_CONNECTION_URL: 'zookeeper:2181'
-      kafka-rest:
-        image: confluentinc/cp-kafka-rest:6.1.1
-        env:
-          KAFKA_REST_ZOOKEEPER_CONNECT: zookeeper:2181
-          KAFKA_REST_BOOTSTRAP_SERVERS: kafka:9092
-          KAFKA_REST_LISTENERS: http://0.0.0.0:8082
-          KAFKA_REST_SCHEMA_REGISTRY: http://schema-registry:8081
-          KAFKA_REST_HOST_NAME: kafka-rest
-      zookeeper:
-        image: confluentinc/cp-zookeeper:5.1.3
-        env: 
-          ZOOKEEPER_CLIENT_PORT: 2181
-          ZOOKEEPER_TICK_TIME: 2000
     steps:
       - name: checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-tags: true
           fetch-depth: 100
-      - name: build
-        run: | 
-          git config --global --add safe.directory /__w/jackdaw/jackdaw
-          lein kaocha
-        env: 
-          KAFKA_BOOTSTRAP_SERVERS: kafka
-          ZOOKEEPER_HOST: zoopkeeper
-          SCHEMA_REGISTRY_HOST: schema-registry
-          KAFKA_REST_PROXY_HOST: kafka-rest
-      - name: lint
-        run: lein clj-kondo --lint src test || true
       - name: deploy
         env:
           CLOJARS_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.CLOJARS_USERNAME }}
           CLOJARS_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.CLOJARS_PASSWORD }}
           GPG_PRIVATE_KEY: ${{ secrets.GPG_PRIVATE_KEY }}
         run: |
+          git config --global --add safe.directory /__w/jackdaw/jackdaw
           apt-get update
           apt-get install -y gpg 
           echo $GPG_PRIVATE_KEY |base64 --decode |gpg --yes --batch --import
diff --git a/.github/workflows/run_checks.yaml b/.github/workflows/run_checks.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fb26b745
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/run_checks.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+run-name: Jackdaw build
+
+on:
+  workflow_call:
+
+
+jobs:
+  Explore-GitHub-Actions:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    container: clojure:latest
+    services:
+      kafka:
+        image: confluentinc/cp-kafka:5.1.3
+        env:
+          KAFKA_ADVERTISED_LISTENERS: PLAINTEXT://kafka:9092
+          KAFKA_AUTO_CREATE_TOPICS_ENABLE: true
+          KAFKA_BROKER_ID: 1
+          KAFKA_LISTENER_SECURITY_PROTOCOL_MAP: PLAINTEXT:PLAINTEXT,PLAINTEXT_HOST:PLAINTEXT
+          KAFKA_ZOOKEEPER_CONNECT: zookeeper:2181
+          KAFKA_OFFSETS_TOPIC_REPLICATION_FACTOR: 1
+          KAFKA_GROUP_INITIAL_REBALANCE_DELAY_MS: 0
+          KAFKA_TRANSACTION_STATE_LOG_REPLICATION_FACTOR: 1
+          KAFKA_TRANSACTION_STATE_LOG_MIN_ISR: 1
+      schema-registry:
+        image: confluentinc/cp-schema-registry:5.1.2
+        env:
+          SCHEMA_REGISTRY_HOST_NAME: schema-registry
+          SCHEMA_REGISTRY_KAFKASTORE_CONNECTION_URL: 'zookeeper:2181'
+      kafka-rest:
+        image: confluentinc/cp-kafka-rest:6.1.1
+        env:
+          KAFKA_REST_ZOOKEEPER_CONNECT: zookeeper:2181
+          KAFKA_REST_BOOTSTRAP_SERVERS: kafka:9092
+          KAFKA_REST_LISTENERS: http://0.0.0.0:8082
+          KAFKA_REST_SCHEMA_REGISTRY: http://schema-registry:8081
+          KAFKA_REST_HOST_NAME: kafka-rest
+      zookeeper:
+        image: confluentinc/cp-zookeeper:5.1.3
+        env: 
+          ZOOKEEPER_CLIENT_PORT: 2181
+          ZOOKEEPER_TICK_TIME: 2000
+    steps:
+      - name: checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-tags: true
+          fetch-depth: 100
+      - name: build
+        run: | 
+          git config --global --add safe.directory /__w/jackdaw/jackdaw
+          lein kaocha
+        env: 
+          KAFKA_BOOTSTRAP_SERVERS: kafka
+          ZOOKEEPER_HOST: zoopkeeper
+          SCHEMA_REGISTRY_HOST: schema-registry
+          KAFKA_REST_PROXY_HOST: kafka-rest
+      - name: lint
+        run: lein clj-kondo --lint src test || true
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/project.clj b/project.clj
index c0f5e2b0..550b5b45 100644
--- a/project.clj
+++ b/project.clj
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
   :git-version
   {:status-to-version
    (fn [{:keys [tag branch ahead? dirty?] :as git}]
-     (if (and tag (not ahead?) (not dirty?))
+     (if (and tag (not ahead?) (not dirty?) (= "master" branch))
        tag
        (let [[_ prefix patch] (re-find #"(\d+\.\d+)\.(\d+)" tag)
              patch            (Long/parseLong patch)