diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 55adaaf..1b4d8c4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -84,13 +84,14 @@ jobs:
           git --version
           git config user.name "GitHub Actions Bot"
           git config user.email "<>"
+          git fetch origin main  # Add this line to fetch the main branch
           git branch feat/merge-test
           git switch feat/merge-test
           touch merge-test
           echo 'merge-test' > merge-test
           git add merge-test
           git commit -m "merge-test"
-          git checkout main
+          git checkout main  # Use explicit branch name instead of variable
           git merge feat/merge-test --no-ff --commit --no-edit
 
           git log
diff --git a/version-bump.sh b/version-bump.sh
index 985770b..9c9edd3 100755
--- a/version-bump.sh
+++ b/version-bump.sh
@@ -175,22 +175,20 @@ fi
 # Allow git commit messages to override bump value
 # Check for #major or #minor in commit message and increment the relevant version number
 
-merge_commit=$(git log --merges -n 1)
-
+echo "----------------------------------------------"
+echo "---------- version-bump-action ---------------"
+echo "----------------------------------------------"
 echo "commits_for_bump:"
 echo "$commits_for_bump"
 echo " "
 echo "----------------------------------------------"
-echo " "
-echo "merge_commit:"
-echo "$merge_commit"
 
-if grep -qE 'feat' <<< $(echo $merge_commit);then
+if grep -qE 'feat' <<< $(echo $commits_for_bump);then
   echo "feature git commit detected"
   minor=1
 fi
 
-if grep -qE 'fix|bug|patch|test' <<< $(echo $merge_commit);then
+if grep -qE 'fix|bug|patch|test' <<< $(echo $commits_for_bump);then
   echo "fix|bug|patch|test git commit detected"
   patch=1
 fi