diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-trigger.yaml b/.github/workflows/release-trigger.yaml
index 7533a0e43..489200cf4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-trigger.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-trigger.yaml
@@ -16,25 +16,6 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           git config --global user.name "SDK Releaser Bot"
           git config --global user.email "noreply@stackit.de"
-
-          for file in $(git diff --name-only HEAD~1..HEAD | grep pyproject.toml); do
-              # Extract the change regarding the version from the pyproject.toml file
-              version_changes=$(git diff HEAD~1..HEAD $file | grep "version =")
-              # Check if the extracted change is not empty
-              if [ -n "$version_changes" ]; then
-                  # Split all found version changes, so we can compare the old and new version.
-                  splitted_version_changes=($(echo "$version_changes" | grep -oP '(?<=version = )[^ ]*'))
-                  # Only create a tag if there has been an actual change in the version, not just a format change.
-                  if [ $(echo "${splitted_version_changes[@]}" | tr ' ' '\n' | sort -u | wc -l) -ne 1 ]; then
-                      dirpath=$(dirname $file)
-                      # Extract just the version number
-                      current_version=$(grep -o "version = .*" ${file} | cut -d '=' -f 2-)
-                      dirpath=$(dirname $file)
-                      cleaned_version=$(echo "$current_version" | tr -d '" ')
-                      # Create the tag based on the updated service and the new version
-                      tag=$(echo "${dirpath}/${cleaned_version}")
-                      git tag -a $tag -m "Release $cleaned_version"
-                      git push origin tag $tag
-                  fi            
-              fi            
-          done
+          
+          scripts/trigger_script.sh
+          
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diff --git a/scripts/helper.sh b/scripts/helper.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..77972dcb5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/helper.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Check if the directory is provided as an argument
+if [ $# -lt 1 ] || [ $# -gt 2 ]; then
+  echo "Usage: $0 <directory> [option]"
+  echo "Options:"
+  echo "  -v | --version      Print just the version number"
+  echo "  -p | --path-version Print the concatenation of the path and the version"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# Check if the directory exists
+if [ ! -d "$1" ]; then
+  echo "Directory '$1' does not exist"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# Append a trailing slash to the path if it's not already present
+if [ "${1: -1}" != "/" ]; then
+  path="$1/"
+else
+  path="$1"
+fi
+
+# Change into the directory and run the command
+cd "$path" || exit 1
+version=$(poetry version)
+
+# Get the version number
+version_number="${version##* }"
+
+# Get the path and version string
+path_version="$path$version_number"
+
+# Handle options
+if [ $# -eq 1 ]; then
+  # Default behavior: print just the version number
+  echo "$version_number"
+elif [ "$2" = "-v" ] || [ "$2" = "--version" ]; then
+  # Print just the version number
+  echo "$version_number"
+elif [ "$2" = "-p" ] || [ "$2" = "--path-version" ]; then
+  # Print the concatenation of the path and the version
+  echo "$path_version"
+else
+  echo "Invalid option: '$2'"
+  exit 1
+fi
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diff --git a/scripts/trigger_script.sh b/scripts/trigger_script.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..d3676a804
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/trigger_script.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Check all pyproject.toml files that have changed
+for file in $(git diff --name-only HEAD~1..HEAD | grep pyproject.toml); do
+    # Extract the current version and build the expected tag
+    dirpath=$(dirname $file)
+    expected_tag=$(scripts/helper.sh $dirpath --path-version)
+    version=$(scripts/helper.sh $dirpath)
+    # Check if the tag already exists
+    if git rev-parse --verify $expected_tag^{tag} &> /dev/null; then
+        echo "Tag '$expected_tag' already exists."
+    else
+        echo "Tag '$expected_tag' does not exist. Creating new tag to trigger release."
+        git tag -a $expected_tag -m "Release $version"
+        git push origin tag $expected_tag
+    fi              
+done