diff --git a/.github/workflows/increment-version-on-merge.yml b/.github/workflows/increment-version-on-merge.yml
index 3ab5abb..11043a4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/increment-version-on-merge.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/increment-version-on-merge.yml
@@ -38,13 +38,23 @@ jobs:
         with:
           ref: main
           fetch-depth: 0
-          persist-credentials: false
 
       # See https://github.com/im-open/git-version-lite for more details around how to increment
       # major/minor/patch through commit messages
       - name: Increment the version
-        uses: im-open/git-version-lite@v2.1.2
+        uses: im-open/git-version-lite@v2
+        id: version
         with:
-          create-ref: true
           github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           default-release-type: major
+
+      - name: Create version tag, create or update major, and minor tags
+        run: |
+          git config user.name github-actions
+          git config user.email github-actions@github.com
+          git tag ${{ steps.version.outputs.NEXT_VERSION }} ${{ github.sha }}
+          git tag -f ${{ steps.version.outputs.NEXT_MAJOR_VERSION }} ${{ github.sha }}
+          git tag -f ${{ steps.version.outputs.NEXT_MINOR_VERSION }} ${{ github.sha }}
+          git push origin ${{ steps.version.outputs.NEXT_VERSION }}
+          git push origin ${{ steps.version.outputs.NEXT_MAJOR_VERSION }} -f
+          git push origin ${{ steps.version.outputs.NEXT_MINOR_VERSION }} -f
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ffda59b..401abb2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -44,7 +44,9 @@ jobs:
 
       # If this action determines the release is not production ready
       # it will fail and the next job, deploy, will not happen.
-      - uses: im-open/is-release-production-ready@v1.1.2
+      
+      # You may also reference just the major or major.minor version
+      - uses: im-open/is-release-production-ready@v1.1.3
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           release-tag: ${{ github.event.inputs.release-tag }}
@@ -107,4 +109,4 @@ This project has adopted the [im-open's Code of Conduct](https://github.com/im-o
 
 Copyright © 2021, Extend Health, LLC. Code released under the [MIT license](LICENSE).
 
-[git-version-lite]: https://github.com/im-open/git-version-lite
\ No newline at end of file
+[git-version-lite]: https://github.com/im-open/git-version-lite
diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index 2e120e8..ab544e9 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-name: 'is-release-production-ready'
-
-description: 'An action that retrieves a release by tag and determines if it is a Published release, not a draft or prerelease.'
+name: is-release-production-ready
+description: An action that retrieves a release by tag and determines if it is a Published release, not a draft or prerelease.
 
 inputs:
   token: