diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index ad8249d3..251a2381 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -7,3 +7,5 @@ serialize =
 [bumpversion:file:pyproject.toml]
 
 [bumpversion:file:syftbox/__version__.py]
+
+[bumpversion:file:.github/workflows/cd-deploy.yaml]
diff --git a/.github/workflows/cd-deploy.yaml b/.github/workflows/cd-deploy.yaml
index 62a8e9f2..5299f4d6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cd-deploy.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cd-deploy.yaml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ on:
       version:
         description: "SyftBox Version to deploy"
         type: string
-        default: latest
+        default: 0.1.3
 
 # Prevents concurrent runs of the same workflow
 # while the previous run is still in progress
@@ -15,11 +15,13 @@ concurrency:
   cancel-in-progress: false
 
 jobs:
-    
   deploy-syftbox-server:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
+      - name: Checkout SyftBox repo
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
       - name: Install Just
         uses: extractions/setup-just@v2
         with:
@@ -27,11 +29,11 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Set up SSH
         run: |
-            mkdir -p ~/.ssh
-            echo "${{ secrets.SYFTBOX_SERVER_PRIVATE_KEY }}" > ~/.ssh/syftbox.pem
-            chmod 600 ~/.ssh/syftbox.pem
-            ssh-keyscan -H "20.168.10.234" >> ~/.ssh/known_hosts
+          mkdir -p ~/.ssh
+          echo "${{ secrets.SYFTBOX_SERVER_PRIVATE_KEY }}" > ~/.ssh/syftbox.pem
+          chmod 600 ~/.ssh/syftbox.pem
+          ssh-keyscan -H "20.168.10.234" >> ~/.ssh/known_hosts
 
       - name: Deploy SyftBox Server
         run: |
-            just deploy ~/.ssh/syftbox.pem ${{ inputs.version }}
+          just upload-pip ${{ inputs.version }} ~/.ssh/syftbox.pem azureuser@20.168.10.234
diff --git a/justfile b/justfile
index 941c30b7..27bab347 100644
--- a/justfile
+++ b/justfile
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ alias rs := run-server
 alias rc := run-client
 alias rj := run-jupyter
 alias b := build
-alias d := deploy
 
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -76,51 +75,6 @@ build:
     rm -rf dist
     uv build
 
-[group('build')]
-fetch-syftbox-version version="latest":
-    #!/bin/bash
-    set -euo pipefail
-
-    # If version is latest, then fetch the latest version from PyPI
-    # else, check if the version exists on PyPI
-    if [ "{{ version }}" = "latest" ]; then
-        echo "Fetching the latest version of syftbox from PyPI..."
-        curl -sSf "https://pypi.org/pypi/syftbox/json" | jq -r ".info.version" || { echo "Failed to fetch the latest version." >&2; exit 1; }
-    else
-        echo "Checking if syftbox version {{ version }} exists on PyPI..."
-        if curl -sSf -o /dev/null "https://pypi.org/pypi/syftbox/{{ version }}/json"; then
-            echo "{{ version }}"
-        else
-            echo "syftbox version {{ version }} does not exist." >&2
-            exit 1
-        fi
-    fi
-
-
-# Build & Deploy syftbox to a remote server using SSH
-[group('build')]
-deploy keyfile version="latest" remote="azureuser@20.168.10.234":
-    #!/bin/bash
-    set -eou pipefail
-
-    # change permissions to comply with ssh/scp
-    chmod 600 {{ keyfile }}
-
-    # Sanity Check the syft box version
-    REMOTE_VERSION=$(just fetch-syftbox-version {{ version }} | tail -n 1)
-
-    echo -e "Deploying syftbox version $REMOTE_VERSION to {{ remote }}..."
-
-    # install pip package
-    ssh -i {{ keyfile }} {{ remote }} "pip install syftbox==$REMOTE_VERSION --break-system-packages  --force"
-
-    # restart service
-    # TODO - syftbox service was created manually on 20.168.10.234
-    ssh -i {{ keyfile }} {{ remote }} "sudo systemctl daemon-reload"
-    ssh -i {{ keyfile }} {{ remote }} "sudo systemctl restart syftbox"
-
-    echo -e "{{ _green }}Deploy successful!{{ _nc }}"
-
 # Bump version, commit and tag
 [group('build')]
 bump-version level="patch":
@@ -151,9 +105,61 @@ bump-version level="patch":
 
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+# Build & Deploy syftbox to a remote server using SSH
+[group('deploy')]
+upload-dev keyfile remote="azureuser@20.168.10.234": build
+    #!/bin/bash
+    set -eou pipefail
+
+    # there will be only one wheel file in the dist directory, but you never know...
+    LOCAL_WHEEL=$(ls dist/*.whl | grep syftbox | head -n 1)
+
+    # Remote paths to copy the wheel to
+    REMOTE_DIR="~"
+    REMOTE_WHEEL="$REMOTE_DIR/$(basename $LOCAL_WHEEL)"
+
+    echo -e "Deploying {{ _cyan }}$LOCAL_WHEEL{{ _nc }} to {{ _green }}{{ remote }}:$REMOTE_WHEEL{{ _nc }}"
+
+    # change permissions to comply with ssh/scp
+    chmod 600 {{ keyfile }}
+
+    # Use scp to transfer the file to the remote server
+    scp -i {{ keyfile }} "$LOCAL_WHEEL" "{{ remote }}:$REMOTE_DIR"
+
+    # install pip package
+    ssh -i {{ keyfile }} {{ remote }} "pip install --break-system-packages $REMOTE_WHEEL --force"
+
+    # restart service
+    # TODO - syftbox service was created manually on 20.168.10.234
+    ssh -i {{ keyfile }} {{ remote }} "sudo systemctl daemon-reload"
+    ssh -i {{ keyfile }} {{ remote }} "sudo systemctl restart syftbox"
+    echo -e "{{ _green }}Deployed SyftBox local wheel to {{ remote }}{{ _nc }}"
+
+# Deploy syftbox from pypi to a remote server using SSH
+[group('deploy')]
+upload-pip version keyfile remote="azureuser@20.168.10.234":
+    #!/bin/bash
+    set -eou pipefail
+
+    # change permissions to comply with ssh/scp
+    chmod 600 {{ keyfile }}
+
+    echo -e "Deploying syftbox version {{ version }} to {{ remote }}..."
+
+    # install pip package
+    ssh -i {{ keyfile }} {{ remote }} "pip install syftbox=={{ version }} --break-system-packages  --force"
+
+    # restart service
+    ssh -i {{ keyfile }} {{ remote }} "sudo systemctl daemon-reload"
+    ssh -i {{ keyfile }} {{ remote }} "sudo systemctl restart syftbox"
+
+    echo -e "{{ _green }}Deployed SyftBox {{ version }} to {{ remote }}{{ _nc }}"
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
 [group('utils')]
 ssh keyfile remote="azureuser@20.168.10.234":
-    ssh -i {{ keyfile }} {{ remote }}    
+    ssh -i {{ keyfile }} {{ remote }}
 
 # remove all local files & directories
 [group('utils')]