diff --git a/.github/workflows/versioning.yaml b/.github/workflows/versioning.yaml
index f7d9d6b..b3d92b2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/versioning.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/versioning.yaml
@@ -16,10 +16,16 @@ jobs:
         if: |
           (!(github.event.head_commit.message == 'Update package version'))
         steps:
+            - name: Generate GitHub App token
+              id: app-token
+              uses: actions/create-github-app-token@v1
+              with:
+                app-id: ${{ secrets.APP_ID }}
+                private-key: ${{ secrets.APP_PRIVATE_KEY }}
             - name: Checkout repo
               uses: actions/checkout@v4
               with:
-                token: ${{ secrets.POLICYENGINE_GITHUB }}
+                token: ${{ steps.app-token.outputs.token }}
                 fetch-depth: 0
             - name: Setup Python
               uses: actions/setup-python@v5
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index ec31762..da3c99f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "microimpute"
-version = "1.15.1"
+version = "2.0.0"
 description = "Benchmarking imputation methods for microdata"
 readme = "README.md"
 authors = [