diff --git a/.github/workflows/init.yml b/.github/workflows/init.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index a6b1853..0000000
--- a/.github/workflows/init.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,52 +0,0 @@
-# Workflow runs only once when the template is first used.
-# File can be safely deleted after repo is initialized.
-name: Initialize repository
-on:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - main
-
-jobs:
-  initialize-package:
-    name: Initialize the package
-    if: ${{github.event.repository.name != 'aind-library-template'}}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    env:
-      REPO_NAME: ${{ github.event.repository.name }}
-      GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}
-    steps:
-    - name: Checkout
-      uses: actions/checkout@v4
-    - name: Rename package
-      run: |
-        pkg_name=$(echo "${REPO_NAME}" | tr - _)
-        current_description='description = "Prints messages to stdout. Simple boilerplate for libraries."'
-        new_description='description = "Generated from aind-library-template"'
-        readme_description='Template for a minimal, basic repository for an AIND library.'
-        new_readme_description='Generated from aind-library-template'
-        echo "Package Name ${pkg_name}"
-        mkdir src/${pkg_name}
-        touch src/${pkg_name}/__init__.py
-        echo '"""Init package"""' >> src/${pkg_name}/__init__.py
-        echo '__version__ = "0.0.0"' >> src/${pkg_name}/__init__.py
-        sed -i "s/aind_library_template/${pkg_name}/" pyproject.toml
-        sed -i "s/aind-library-template/${REPO_NAME}/" pyproject.toml
-        sed -i "s/aind_library_template/${pkg_name}/" docs/source/conf.py
-        sed -i "s/${current_description}/${new_description}/" pyproject.toml
-        sed -i "/pandas/d" pyproject.toml
-        sed -i "s/aind-library-template/${REPO_NAME}/" README.md
-        sed -i "s/${readme_description}/${new_readme_description}/" README.md
-    - name: Commit changes
-      uses: EndBug/add-and-commit@v9
-      with:
-        default_author: github_actions
-        message: "ci: version bump [skip actions]"
-        add: '["pyproject.toml", "README.md", "src/*", "docs/source/conf.py"]'
-        remove: '["-r src/aind_library_template", "tests/test_message_handler.py"]'
-    - name: Add first tag
-      run: |
-        git tag v0.0.0
-        git push origin v0.0.0
-    - name: Disable workflow
-      run: |
-        gh workflow disable -R $GITHUB_REPOSITORY "${{ github.workflow }}"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tag_and_publish.yml b/.github/workflows/tag_and_publish.yml
index 85d2b86..3af4f8b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tag_and_publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tag_and_publish.yml
@@ -3,9 +3,7 @@ on:
   push:
     branches:
       - main
-# Remove line 65 to enable automated semantic version bumps.
-# Change line 71 from "if: false" to "if: true" to enable PyPI publishing. 
-# Requires that svc-aindscicomp be added as an admin to repo.
+
 jobs:
   update_badges:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -62,27 +60,7 @@ jobs:
         add: '["README.md"]'
   tag:
     needs: update_badges
-    uses: AllenNeuralDynamics/aind-github-actions/.github/workflows/tag.yml@main
+    uses: AllenNeuralDynamics/.github/.github/workflows/release-bump-version.yml@main
     secrets:
-      SERVICE_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.SERVICE_TOKEN }}
-  publish:
-    needs: tag
-    if: false
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - name: Pull latest changes
-        run: git pull origin main
-      - name: Set up Python 3.10
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
-        with:
-          python-version: '3.10'
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        run: |
-          pip install --upgrade setuptools wheel twine build
-          python -m build
-          twine check dist/*
-      - name: Publish on PyPI
-        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
-        with:
-          password: ${{ secrets.AIND_PYPI_TOKEN }}
+      repo-token: ${{ secrets.SERVICE_TOKEN }}
+