Set version in package.json before publish

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -27,10 +27,6 @@ jobs:
       contents: read
       packages: write
     steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
       - name: Get latest release version
         id: get-version
         run: |
@@ -39,6 +35,13 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
+      - name: Update version in package.json
+        run: |
+          # Read the latest release version from environment variable
+          LATEST_VERSION="${env.LATEST_RELEASE}"
+
+          # Update the "version" field in package.json using jq
+          jq --arg version "$LATEST_VERSION" '.version = $version' package.json > temp.json && mv temp.json package.json
       - name: Setup node
         uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with: