diff --git a/.github/workflows/version.yaml b/.github/workflows/version.yaml
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+name: 'get current ui version'
+
+on:
+    workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+    version:
+        runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+        steps:
+            - name: checkout
+              uses: actions/checkout@v4
+              with:
+                  ref: main
+
+            - name: get latest version from package.json
+              id: latestversion
+              run: |
+                  echo "version=$(cat ./package.json | jq '.version' | sed 's/\"//g')" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+            - name: confirm version
+              run: |
+                  echo ${{ steps.latestversion.outputs.version }}