diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
index 998130d..b5a9404 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
@@ -1,23 +1,27 @@
 name: Deploy DataOps Worker
 
 on:
-  pull_request:
-    types: [closed]
-    branches: [main, 'release/**', 'feature/**']
   workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      chart_ref:
+        description: >
+          sientia-helm-chart branch to bump GITHUB_BRANCH on AND deploy — the literal
+          deploy target. Validated via git ls-remote; a branch that does not exist in
+          sientia-helm-chart is a hard error, not a silent fallback to main.
+        required: true
+        type: string
 
 permissions:
   contents: write
   id-token: write
-  pull-requests: read
 
 jobs:
   deploy:
     name: Deploy
-    if: github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' || github.event.pull_request.merged == true
     uses: Aignosi/github_workflow_templates/.github/workflows/reusable-deploy-dataops.yml@main
     with:
-      branch_name: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.ref }}
+      branch_name: ${{ github.ref_name }}
+      chart_ref: ${{ inputs.chart_ref }}
       project_name: 'ingestor'
       chart_name: 'opc-ingestor'
       env_list_path: '[".env"]'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/quality-gate.yml b/.github/workflows/quality-gate.yml
index fa5f41d..bfe3582 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/quality-gate.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/quality-gate.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ on:
     branches:
       - main
       - 'release/**'
-      - 'feature/**'
   pull_request:
     branches:
       - main
diff --git a/.github/workflows/require-chart-ref-label.yml b/.github/workflows/require-chart-ref-label.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 20f8be3..0000000
--- a/.github/workflows/require-chart-ref-label.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-name: Require chart-ref label
-
-on:
-  pull_request:
-    types: [opened, synchronize, reopened, labeled, unlabeled]
-    branches:
-      - main
-      - 'release/**'
-      - 'feature/**'
-
-permissions:
-  pull-requests: write
-
-jobs:
-  require-chart-ref-label:
-    uses: Aignosi/github_workflow_templates/.github/workflows/require-chart-ref-label.yml@main
diff --git a/.github/workflows/version-bump.yml b/.github/workflows/version-bump.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..11dec02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/version-bump.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+name: Version Bump
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    types: [closed]
+    branches: [main, 'release/**', 'feature/**']
+
+jobs:
+  bump:
+    if: github.event.pull_request.merged == true
+    uses: Aignosi/github_workflow_templates/.github/workflows/reusable-version-bump.yml@main
+    with:
+      update_version_in: '["pyproject"]'
+    secrets: inherit