diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 0b01bf090..c21078bf5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -12,36 +12,12 @@ jobs:
           submodules: true
       - run: ls -al
       - run: cat CMakeLists.txt
-      - name: Extract and set LIB3MF_VERSION
+      - name: Run version extraction script and set environment variable
         run: |
-          set -e  # Exit immediately if a command exits with a non-zero status.
-          
-          # Extract version components from CMakeLists.txt
-          LIB3MF_VERSION_MAJOR=$(grep -oP 'set\(LIB3MF_VERSION_MAJOR \K[0-9]+' CMakeLists.txt)
-          LIB3MF_VERSION_MINOR=$(grep -oP 'set\(LIB3MF_VERSION_MINOR \K[0-9]+' CMakeLists.txt)
-          LIB3MF_VERSION_MICRO=$(grep -oP 'set\(LIB3MF_VERSION_MICRO \K[0-9]+' CMakeLists.txt)
-          LIB3MF_VERSION_PRERELEASE=$(grep -oP 'set\(LIB3MF_VERSION_PRERELEASE "\K[^"]+' CMakeLists.txt)
-          
-          # Debug prints
-          echo "LIB3MF_VERSION_MAJOR=$LIB3MF_VERSION_MAJOR"
-          echo "LIB3MF_VERSION_MINOR=$LIB3MF_VERSION_MINOR"
-          echo "LIB3MF_VERSION_MICRO=$LIB3MF_VERSION_MICRO"
-          echo "LIB3MF_VERSION_PRERELEASE=$LIB3MF_VERSION_PRERELEASE"
-
-          # Combine the version components
-          if [ -z "$LIB3MF_VERSION_PRERELEASE" ]; then
-            LIB3MF_VERSION="${LIB3MF_VERSION_MAJOR}.${LIB3MF_VERSION_MINOR}.${LIB3MF_VERSION_MICRO}"
-          else
-            LIB3MF_VERSION="${LIB3MF_VERSION_MAJOR}.${LIB3MF_VERSION_MINOR}.${LIB3MF_VERSION_MICRO}-${LIB3MF_VERSION_PRERELEASE}"
-          fi
-
-          # Set the environment variable
-          # echo "LIB3MF_VERSION=$LIB3MF_VERSION" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-          
-          # Always exit with success
-          exit 0
-      - name: Print GITHUB_ENV contents
-        run: cat $GITHUB_ENV
+            version=$(python CI/extract_version.py)
+            echo "LIB3MF_VERSION=$version" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+            - name: Print GITHUB_ENV contents
+              run: cat $GITHUB_ENV
 
   build-linux-memtest:
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
diff --git a/CI/extract_version.py b/CI/extract_version.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4fc0b0d53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CI/extract_version.py
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+import os
+import re
+
+def extract_version_from_cmake():
+    cmake_file = 'CMakeLists.txt'
+
+    if not os.path.exists(cmake_file):
+        raise FileNotFoundError(f"{cmake_file} not found in the current directory")
+
+    with open(cmake_file, 'r') as file:
+        content = file.read()
+
+    major = re.search(r'set\(LIB3MF_VERSION_MAJOR\s+([0-9]+)\)', content)
+    minor = re.search(r'set\(LIB3MF_VERSION_MINOR\s+([0-9]+)\)', content)
+    micro = re.search(r'set\(LIB3MF_VERSION_MICRO\s+([0-9]+)\)', content)
+    prerelease = re.search(r'set\(LIB3MF_VERSION_PRERELEASE\s+"([^"]*)"\)', content)
+
+    if not major or not minor or not micro:
+        raise ValueError("Could not find version components in CMakeLists.txt")
+
+    version = f"{major.group(1)}.{minor.group(1)}.{micro.group(1)}"
+    if prerelease and prerelease.group(1):
+        version += f"-{prerelease.group(1)}"
+
+    return version
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    try:
+        version = extract_version_from_cmake()
+        print(version)
+    except Exception as e:
+        print(f"Error: {str(e)}")
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