diff --git a/.github/workflows/release_registry.yml b/.github/workflows/release_registry.yml
index 8299aaa..25a6545 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release_registry.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release_registry.yml
@@ -18,10 +18,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Check out the code
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
 
-      - name: Merge Source Configs
-        run: python merge_configs.py
-        working-directory: ${{ github.workspace }}
-
       - name: Get next version
         uses: reecetech/version-increment@2023.9.3
         id: version
@@ -29,6 +25,10 @@ jobs:
           scheme: semver
           increment: patch
 
+      - name: Merge Source Configs
+        run: python merge_configs.py --version ${{ steps.version.outputs.version }}
+        working-directory: ${{ github.workspace }}
+
       - name: Create a new Release
         if: github.event.pull_request.merged == true || github.event.ref == 'refs/heads/main'
         run: |
diff --git a/merge_configs.py b/merge_configs.py
index 7e323b6..1c6e15c 100644
--- a/merge_configs.py
+++ b/merge_configs.py
@@ -1,8 +1,16 @@
 import os
 import yaml
+import argparse
+
+parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+
+#-db DATABASE -u USERNAME -p PASSWORD -size 20000
+parser.add_argument("-v", "--version", dest = "version", help="Source-Registry Version")
 
 merged_config = {}
 
+merged_config["version"] = args.version
+
 # Iterate through all config.yml files
 for root, dirs, files in os.walk("."):
     for file in files: