diff --git a/.github/workflows/cd.yml b/.github/workflows/cd.yml
index 0ae03e7..c3ab592 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cd.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cd.yml
@@ -16,8 +16,18 @@ jobs:
         with:
           tool: cargo-release@0.24
       - uses: taiki-e/install-action@cargo-make
-      - name: login
-        run: cargo login "$CARGO_AUTH_KEY"
+      - name: Get version
+        run: |
+          POSITIONAL_VERSION=$(grep -m1 '^version' positional/Cargo.toml | cut -d'"' -f2)
+          POSITIONAL_DERIVE_VERSION=$(grep -m1 '^version' positional_derive/Cargo.toml | cut -d'"' -f2)
+          echo "POSITIONAL_VERSION=$POSITIONAL_VERSION" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "POSITIONAL_DERIVE_VERSION=$POSITIONAL_DERIVE_VERSION" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+      - name: Check version
+        if: ${{ github.event.release.tag_name != env.POSITIONAL_VERSION || github.event.release.tag_name != env.POSITIONAL_DERIVE_VERSION }}
+        run: |
+          echo "Github ref tag [${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}] is different from positional Cargo.toml version [${{ env.POSITIONAL_VERSION }}] or positional_derive Cargo.toml version [${{ env.POSITIONAL_DERIVE_VERSION }}]"
+          exit 1
+      - run: cargo login "$CARGO_AUTH_KEY"
         env:
           CARGO_AUTH_KEY: ${{ secrets.CARGO_AUTH_KEY }}
       - run: cargo make release
diff --git a/positional/Cargo.toml b/positional/Cargo.toml
index 69364ad..60ce22b 100644
--- a/positional/Cargo.toml
+++ b/positional/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ license = "MIT"
 name = "positional"
 readme = "../README.md"
 repository = "https://github.com/primait/positional.rs"
-version = "0.4.1"
+version = "0.4.1-rc.0"
 
 [[bench]]
 harness = false
diff --git a/positional_derive/Cargo.toml b/positional_derive/Cargo.toml
index bf26224..8791f1e 100644
--- a/positional_derive/Cargo.toml
+++ b/positional_derive/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ description = "Macros for positional crate"
 edition = "2021"
 license = "MIT"
 name = "positional_derive"
-version = "0.4.1"
+version = "0.4.1-rc.0"
 documentation = "https://docs.rs/positional"
 
 [lib]