diff --git a/.github/workflows/ipa-release.yml b/.github/workflows/ipa-release.yml
index 67d6bc374b..6bc321d53e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ipa-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ipa-release.yml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Checkout Repository  
       uses: actions/checkout@692973e3d937129bcbf40652eb9f2f61becf3332
       with:
+          ref: main
           fetch-depth: 0
           sparse-checkout: |
             tools/spectral/ipa  
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Fetch Versions
       id: version_check
       env:   
-        BASE_BRANCH: ${{ github.ref_name }}
+        BASE_BRANCH: "HEAD~1"
       run: |
         version_changed=$(./.github/scripts/ipa_version_check.sh)  
         echo "Version changed? ${version_changed}"  
@@ -47,7 +48,8 @@ jobs:
           registry-url: 'https://registry.npmjs.org'
       - run: npm ci
         working-directory: tools/spectral/ipa
-      - run: npm publish --access public
-        working-directory: tools/spectral/ipa
-        env:
-          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.IPA_VALIDATION_TOKEN }}
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+      - run: |
+          echo "Testing for publish workflow"
+        #working-directory: tools/spectral/ipa
+        #env:
+          #NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.IPA_VALIDATION_TOKEN }}
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diff --git a/tools/spectral/ipa/package-lock.json b/tools/spectral/ipa/package-lock.json
index f3cf715877..8f2e7cbd5c 100644
--- a/tools/spectral/ipa/package-lock.json
+++ b/tools/spectral/ipa/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@mongodb-js/ipa-validation-ruleset",
-  "version": "0.0.1",
+  "version": "0.0.1-dev1",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@mongodb-js/ipa-validation-ruleset",
-      "version": "0.0.1",
+      "version": "0.0.1-dev1",
       "license": "Apache-2.0",
       "dependencies": {
         "@stoplight/spectral-cli": "6.15.0",
diff --git a/tools/spectral/ipa/package.json b/tools/spectral/ipa/package.json
index a2ee5943c7..1467c4924e 100644
--- a/tools/spectral/ipa/package.json
+++ b/tools/spectral/ipa/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@mongodb-js/ipa-validation-ruleset",
-  "version": "0.0.1",
+  "version": "0.0.1-dev1",
   "description": "Custom validation rules for MongoDB API Standards (IPA).",
   "keywords": [
     "mongodb",