diff --git a/.github/workflows/cd.yml b/.github/workflows/cd.yml
index c9f5b18..51bb531 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cd.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cd.yml
@@ -7,35 +7,11 @@ on:
     tags:
       - '[v]?[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+'
   workflow_dispatch:
-    inputs:
-      tags:
-        description: 'Tags to deploy'
-        required: true
-        default: 'v0.0.0'
 
 jobs:
-  create-release:
-    name: create-release
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - name: Get the release version from the tag
-        if: env.VERSION == ''
-        run: echo "VERSION=${{ github.ref_name }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-      - name: Show the version
-        run: |
-          echo "version is: $VERSION"
-      - name: Create GitHub release
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        run: gh release create $VERSION --draft --verify-tag --title $VERSION
-    outputs:
-      version: ${{ env.VERSION }}
-
   publish-release:
 
     name: Publishing for ${{ matrix.os }}
-    needs: ['create-release']
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
 
     strategy:
@@ -164,7 +140,6 @@ jobs:
 
   publish-release-deb:
     name: publish-release-deb
-    needs: ['create-release']
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     env:
       TARGET: x86_64-unknown-linux-musl
@@ -223,7 +198,7 @@ jobs:
       shell: bash
       run: |
         cargo deb --profile deb --target ${{ env.TARGET }}
-        version="${{ needs.create-release.outputs.version }}"
+        version="${{ github.ref_name }}"
         echo "DEB_DIR=target/${{ env.TARGET }}/debian" >> $GITHUB_ENV
         echo "DEB_NAME=television_$version-1_amd64.deb" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
@@ -241,5 +216,5 @@ jobs:
       shell: bash
       run: |
         cd "$DEB_DIR"
-        version="${{ needs.create-release.outputs.version }}"
+        version="${{ github.ref_name }}"
         gh release upload "$version" "$DEB_NAME" "$SUM"
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 307c989..f9c060e 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2963,7 +2963,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "television"
-version = "0.4.21"
+version = "0.4.22"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "better-panic",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 306e78b..06120f9 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "television"
-version = "0.4.21"
+version = "0.4.22"
 edition = "2021"
 description = "The revolution will be televised."
 license = "MIT"