diff --git a/.github/workflows/npm-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/npm-publish.yml
index 54cb608..f16286d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/npm-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/npm-publish.yml
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@ jobs:
           echo "Release tag: $RELEASE_TAG"
           echo "Extracted version: $VERSION"
           
-      - name: Update package.json version
+      - name: Ensure package.json version matches release tag
         run: |
-          npm version ${{ steps.get_version.outputs.version }} --no-git-tag-version
+          npm version ${{ steps.get_version.outputs.version }} --no-git-tag-version --allow-same-version
 
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: npm ci