diff --git a/.github/workflows/bump-version.yml b/.github/workflows/bump-version.yml
index 9decd064..88b371c1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/bump-version.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/bump-version.yml
@@ -32,13 +32,14 @@ jobs:
               run: pnpm install --frozen-lockfile
 
             - name: Bump version
-              run: pnpm run bump-version
+              id: bump
+              run: pnpm run bump-version >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
 
             - name: Create PR
               uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v7
               with:
-                  commit-message: 'chore: bump version'
-                  title: '[CI] Bump version'
+                  commit-message: 'chore: bump version ${{ steps.bump.outputs.new_version }}'
+                  title: '[CI] Bump version ${{ steps.bump.outputs.new_version }}'
                   body: Automated changes for bumping version
                   branch: chore/ci-bump-version
                   branch-suffix: timestamp
diff --git a/scripts/bump-version.ts b/scripts/bump-version.ts
index 717072e9..6538df32 100644
--- a/scripts/bump-version.ts
+++ b/scripts/bump-version.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ function getWorkspacePackageJsonFiles(workspaceFile: string): string[] {
             cwd: rootDir,
             absolute: true,
         });
-        matches.forEach((f) => files.add(f));
+        matches.filter((f) => !f.includes('node_modules')).forEach((f) => files.add(f));
     }
     return Array.from(files);
 }
@@ -28,16 +28,27 @@ function incrementVersion(version: string): string {
     return parts.join('.');
 }
 
+// find all package.json files in the workspace
 const workspaceFile = path.resolve(__dirname, '../pnpm-workspace.yaml');
 const packageFiles = getWorkspacePackageJsonFiles(workspaceFile);
 
+// get version from root package.json
+const rootPackageJson = path.resolve(__dirname, '../package.json');
+const rootPkg = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(rootPackageJson, 'utf8')) as { version?: string };
+if (!rootPkg.version) throw new Error('No "version" key found in package.json');
+const rootVersion = rootPkg.version;
+const newVersion = incrementVersion(rootVersion);
+
 for (const file of packageFiles) {
     const content = fs.readFileSync(file, 'utf8');
     const pkg = JSON.parse(content) as { version?: string };
     if (pkg.version) {
         const oldVersion = pkg.version;
-        pkg.version = incrementVersion(pkg.version);
-        fs.writeFileSync(file, JSON.stringify(pkg, null, 2) + '\n');
-        console.log(`Updated ${file}: ${oldVersion} -> ${pkg.version}`);
+        const newVersion = incrementVersion(pkg.version);
+        // do a string replace from oldVersion to newVersion
+        const newContent = content.replace(`"version": "${oldVersion}"`, `"version": "${newVersion}"`);
+        fs.writeFileSync(file, newContent);
     }
 }
+
+console.log(`new_version=${newVersion}`);