diff --git a/.github/workflows/sdk-release.yml b/.github/workflows/sdk-release.yml
index f45c28f..4875dd0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sdk-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sdk-release.yml
@@ -34,15 +34,12 @@ jobs:
         id: versioning
         if: ${{ steps.check_merge.outputs.merged == 'true' }}
         run: |
-          PR_LABELS="${{ toJSON(github.event.pull_request.labels) }}"
-          labels=$(jq -r '.[].name' <<< "$PR_LABELS")
+          # Safely extract labels using jq, handling potential JSON parsing issues
+          labels=$(echo '${{ toJSON(github.event.pull_request.labels) }}' | jq -r '.[].name // empty')
           echo "PR labels: $labels"
-
           increment="patch"
           if echo "$labels" | grep -q "feature"; then
             increment="minor"
-          elif echo "$labels" | grep -q "bugfix"; then
-            increment="patch"
           fi
           echo "increment=$increment" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
@@ -50,22 +47,31 @@ jobs:
         id: get_version
         if: ${{ steps.check_merge.outputs.merged == 'true' }}
         run: |
-          branchName="${{ github.ref_name }}"
+          branchName='${{ github.ref_name }}' # e.g., v1/main
           echo "Branch name: $branchName"
+          
+          # More robust branch name parsing
           if [[ $branchName =~ ^v([0-9]+)/main$ ]]; then
             majorVersion="${BASH_REMATCH[1]}"
             echo "Major version: $majorVersion"
+            
+            # Fetch all tags and sort them
             git fetch --tags
+            
+            # Find the latest tag for this major version, handling more edge cases
             latestTag=$(git tag --list "v$majorVersion.*.*" | sort -V | tail -n1)
+            
             if [ -n "$latestTag" ]; then
               currentVersion="${latestTag#v}"
             else
+              # If no tags exist, start at the initial version
               currentVersion="$majorVersion.0.0"
             fi
           else
             echo "Branch name does not match expected pattern"
             exit 1
           fi
+          
           echo "Current version: $currentVersion"
           echo "major=$majorVersion" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           echo "currentVersion=$currentVersion" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
@@ -74,13 +80,17 @@ jobs:
         id: bump_version
         if: ${{ steps.check_merge.outputs.merged == 'true' }}
         run: |
-          increment="${{ steps.versioning.outputs.increment }}"
-          currentVersion="${{ steps.get_version.outputs.currentVersion }}"
+          increment='${{ steps.versioning.outputs.increment }}'
+          currentVersion='${{ steps.get_version.outputs.currentVersion }}'
+          
+          # More robust version parsing
           IFS='.' read -ra versionParts <<< "$currentVersion"
-          major=${versionParts[0]}
-          minor=${versionParts[1]}
-          patch=${versionParts[2]}
-
+          
+          # Ensure we have at least 3 parts
+          major=${versionParts[0]:-0}
+          minor=${versionParts[1]:-0}
+          patch=${versionParts[2]:-0}
+          
           if [ "$increment" == 'minor' ]; then
             minor=$((minor + 1))
             patch=0
@@ -90,11 +100,13 @@ jobs:
             echo "Unknown increment type: $increment"
             exit 1
           fi
-
+          
           newVersion="$major.$minor.$patch"
           echo "New version: $newVersion"
           echo "newVersion=$newVersion" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
+      # ... rest of the workflow remains the same
+
       - name: Install xmlstarlet
         if: ${{ steps.check_merge.outputs.merged == 'true' }}
         run: sudo apt-get install -y xmlstarlet