diff --git a/.github/workflows/manual-release.yml b/.github/workflows/manual-release.yml
index afc387f..8ac8c20 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/manual-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/manual-release.yml
@@ -28,4 +28,10 @@ jobs:
           TWINE_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.TWINE_PASSWORD }}
           JINA_SLACK_WEBHOOK: ${{ secrets.JINA_SLACK_WEBHOOK }}
       - if: failure()
-        run: echo "nothing to release"
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+        run: echo "nothing to release"
+      - name: bumping main version
+        uses: ad-m/github-push-action@v0.6.0
+        with:
+          github_token: ${{ secrets.JINA_DEV_BOT }}
+          tags: true
+          branch: main
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diff --git a/src/__init__.py b/src/__init__.py
index d4c5b2b..d6e8fe5 100644
--- a/src/__init__.py
+++ b/src/__init__.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-__version__ = '0.18.28'
+__version__ = '0.18.29'
 from src.cli import main
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