diff --git a/.github/workflows/version-check.yml b/.github/workflows/version-check.yml
index 8775a853..3950cd3b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/version-check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/version-check.yml
@@ -20,21 +20,11 @@ jobs:
           echo "Changed files in this pull request:"
           git diff --name-only ${{ github.event.before }} ${{ github.sha }}
 
-          # Check if '_config.yml' was modified in this pull request
-          if git diff --name-only ${{ github.event.before }} ${{ github.sha }} | grep -q -E '^_config\.yml$'; then
+          # Check if '_config.yml' is in the list of changed files
+          if grep -q -E '^_config\.yml$' <<< "$(git diff --name-only ${{ github.event.before }} ${{ github.sha }})"; then
             echo "Changes in '_config.yml':"
             git diff ${{ github.event.before }} ${{ github.sha }} '_config.yml'
-
-            # Check if the version was incremented
-            if git diff ${{ github.event.before }} ${{ github.sha }} '_config.yml' | grep -E '^\+[[:space:]]+version:[[:space:]]+[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+'; then
-              echo "Version incremented. Check passed."
-            else
-              echo "Error: Version in '_config.yml' was not incremented. Please update the version before merging."
-              exit 1
-            fi
           else
             echo "Error: '_config.yml' not modified in this pull request. Please make changes to '_config.yml' before merging."
             exit 1
           fi
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}