diff --git a/.github/workflows/tag_and_publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish_dev.yml
similarity index 67%
rename from .github/workflows/tag_and_publish.yml
rename to .github/workflows/publish_dev.yml
index c71355d..bed4e37 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tag_and_publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish_dev.yml
@@ -1,20 +1,19 @@
-name: Tag and publish
+name: Publish dev
 on:
   push:
     branches:
-      - main
+      - dev
+
 jobs:
-  tag:
-    uses: AllenNeuralDynamics/aind-github-actions/.github/workflows/tag.yml@main
-    secrets:
-      SERVICE_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.SERVICE_TOKEN }}
   publish:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: tag
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      - name: Pull latest changes
-        run: git pull origin main
+      - name: Compute new docker image tag
+        run: |
+          echo "sha_short=$(git rev-parse --short "$GITHUB_SHA")" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+          echo "branch=$(echo ${GITHUB_REF_NAME})" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+          echo "docker_tag=$(echo ${GITHUB_REF_NAME})-$(git rev-parse --short "$GITHUB_SHA")" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
       - name: Set up Docker Buildx
         id: buildx
         uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v2
@@ -31,5 +30,5 @@ jobs:
           context: .
           push: true
           tags: |
-            ghcr.io/allenneuraldynamics/aind-data-transfer-service:${{ needs.tag.outputs.new_version }}
-            ghcr.io/allenneuraldynamics/aind-data-transfer-service:latest
+            ghcr.io/allenneuraldynamics/aind-data-transfer-service:${{ env.docker_tag }}
+            ghcr.io/allenneuraldynamics/aind-data-transfer-service:dev
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish_main.yml b/.github/workflows/publish_main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a12722e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish_main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+name: Tag and publish main
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+
+jobs:
+  tag_and_publish:
+    name: Parse version
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+      pkg_version: ${{ steps.output_version.outputs.pkg_version }}
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - name: Get version from file
+      run: |
+        pkg_name=$(grep -P 'version = \{attr = .*\}' pyproject.toml | grep -oP '\w+.__version__')
+        init_file="./src/${pkg_name//.__version__}/__init__.py"
+        pkg_version=$(grep -Po '[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+' "$init_file")
+        echo "docker_tag=$pkg_version" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+    - name: Create git tag
+      run: |
+        git tag "v${{ env.docker_tag }}"
+    - name: Push git tag
+      run: git push origin "v${{ env.docker_tag }}"
+    - name: Set up Docker Buildx
+      id: buildx
+      uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v2
+    - name: Login to Github Packages
+      uses: docker/login-action@v2
+      with:
+        registry: ghcr.io
+        username: ${{ github.actor }}
+        password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+    - name: Build image and push to GitHub Container Registry
+      uses: docker/build-push-action@v3
+      with:
+        # relative path to the place where source code with Dockerfile is located
+        context: .
+        push: true
+        tags: |
+          ghcr.io/allenneuraldynamics/aind-data-transfer-service:${{ env.docker_tag }}
+          ghcr.io/allenneuraldynamics/aind-data-transfer-service:latest
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test_and_lint.yml b/.github/workflows/run_dev_tests.yml
similarity index 94%
rename from .github/workflows/test_and_lint.yml
rename to .github/workflows/run_dev_tests.yml
index 51a8319..b91f152 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test_and_lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run_dev_tests.yml
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-name: Lint and run tests
+name: Run checks in dev
 
 on:
   pull_request:
     branches:
-      - main
+      - dev
 
 jobs:
   ci:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/run_main_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/run_main_tests.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0e32080
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/run_main_tests.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+name: Run checks in main and release
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - '*release*'
+      - main
+
+jobs:
+  ci:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        python-version: [ '3.9', '3.10', '3.11' ]
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v3
+      with:
+        python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+    - name: Install dependencies
+      run: | 
+        python -m pip install -e .[dev]
+    - name: Run linter checks
+      run: flake8 . && interrogate --verbose .
+    - name: Run tests and coverage
+      run: coverage run -m unittest discover && coverage report
+  verify_version:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Check version incremented
+        run: |
+          pkg_name=$(grep -P 'version = \{attr = .*\}' pyproject.toml | grep -oP '\w+.__version__')
+          init_file="./src/${pkg_name//.__version__}/__init__.py"
+          pkg_version=$(grep -Po '[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+' "$init_file")
+          latest_tag=$(git ls-remote --tags --refs --sort="v:refname" | tail -n1 | sed 's/.*\///')
+          echo "Checking pkg_version v$pkg_version and latest_tag $latest_tag"
+          if [ "$latest_tag" == "v$pkg_version" ]
+          then
+            exit 1
+          fi
+          echo "Versions are different"