diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
index 4eff58c..20718ef 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
@@ -15,13 +15,32 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Release
         id: release
-        uses: google-github-actions/release-please-action@e4dc86ba9405554aeba3c6bb2d169500e7d3b4ee # v4.1.1
+        uses: googleapis/release-please-action@7987652d64b4581673a76e33ad5e98e3dd56832f # v4.1.3
 
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         if: ${{ steps.release.outputs.release_created }}
 
+      - name: tag major and minor versions
+        if: ${{ steps.release.outputs.release_created }}
+        run: |
+          # setup github actions bot as author
+          git config user.name github-actions[bot]
+          git config user.email 41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com
+
+          # removing previous tags
+          git tag -d v${{ steps.release.outputs.major }} || true
+          git tag -d v${{ steps.release.outputs.major }}.${{ steps.release.outputs.minor }} || true
+          git push origin :v${{ steps.release.outputs.major }} || true
+          git push origin :v${{ steps.release.outputs.major }}.${{ steps.release.outputs.minor }} || true
+
+          # creating new tags
+          git tag -a v${{ steps.release.outputs.major }} -m "Release v${{ steps.release.outputs.major }}"
+          git tag -a v${{ steps.release.outputs.major }}.${{ steps.release.outputs.minor }} -m "Release v${{ steps.release.outputs.major }}.${{ steps.release.outputs.minor }}"
+          git push origin v${{ steps.release.outputs.major }}
+          git push origin v${{ steps.release.outputs.major }}.${{ steps.release.outputs.minor }}
+
       - name: Set up Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v3
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         if: ${{ steps.release.outputs.release_created }}
         with:
           python-version: '3.x'