diff --git a/.github/workflows/codecov.yml b/.github/workflows/codecov.yml
index 459dae36..e75bf62c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codecov.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codecov.yml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ jobs:
       run: tox
 
     - name: Upload coverage to Codecov
-      uses: codecov/codecov-action@v2
+      uses: codecov/codecov-action@v5
       with:
         token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
         files: ./coverage.xml
diff --git a/.github/workflows/version-check-on-release.yml b/.github/workflows/version-check-on-release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e952175d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/version-check-on-release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+name: Verify Package Version
+
+on:
+  release:
+    types: [created]
+
+jobs:
+  verify-version:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.x'
+
+      - name: Install toml package
+        run: pip install toml
+
+      - name: Check version matches
+        run: |
+          import toml
+          import os
+          import sys
+          
+          # Read pyproject.toml
+          with open('pyproject.toml', 'r') as f:
+              pyproject = toml.load(f)
+          
+          # Get version from pyproject.toml
+          project_version = pyproject['project']['version']
+          
+          # Get release tag (strip 'v' prefix if present)
+          github_ref = os.environ['GITHUB_REF']
+          tag_version = github_ref.split('/')[-1]
+          if tag_version.startswith('v'):
+              tag_version = tag_version[1:]
+          
+          print(f"pyproject.toml version: {project_version}")
+          print(f"Release tag version: {tag_version}")
+          
+          # Compare versions
+          if project_version != tag_version:
+              print("Version mismatch!")
+              print(f"pyproject.toml version ({project_version}) does not match")
+              print(f"release tag version ({tag_version})")
+              sys.exit(1)
+          
+          print("Versions match!")
+        shell: python
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