diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 5071dc3..0d9818c 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -117,6 +117,8 @@ repos:
         language: system
         always_run: true
         pass_filenames: false
+        stages:
+            - commit
     -   id: codemeta-json-updated
         name: Update codemeta.json
         entry: >
diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 1a4463b..92134eb 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package: drugfindR
 Title: Investigate iLINCS for candidate repurposable drugs
-Version: 0.99.979
+Version: 0.99.980
 Authors@R: c(
     person(given = c("Ali", "Sajid"),
            family = "Imami",
diff --git a/codemeta.json b/codemeta.json
index 0c97a05..399a8d1 100644
--- a/codemeta.json
+++ b/codemeta.json
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   "codeRepository": "https://github.com/CogDisResLab/drugfindR",
   "issueTracker": "https://github.com/CogDisResLab/drugfindR/issues",
   "license": "https://spdx.org/licenses/GPL-3.0",
-  "version": "0.99.979",
+  "version": "0.99.980",
   "programmingLanguage": {
     "@type": "ComputerLanguage",
     "name": "R",
@@ -17,30 +17,21 @@
   "author": [
     {
       "@type": "Person",
-      "givenName": [
-        "Ali",
-        "Sajid"
-      ],
+      "givenName": ["Ali", "Sajid"],
       "familyName": "Imami",
       "email": "Ali.Sajid.Imami@gmail.com",
       "@id": "https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3684-3539"
     },
     {
       "@type": "Person",
-      "givenName": [
-        "Justin",
-        "Fortune"
-      ],
+      "givenName": ["Justin", "Fortune"],
       "familyName": "Creeden",
       "email": "Justin.Creeden@rockets.utoledo.edu",
       "@id": "https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3123-8401"
     },
     {
       "@type": "Person",
-      "givenName": [
-        "Evelyn",
-        "Alden"
-      ],
+      "givenName": ["Evelyn", "Alden"],
       "familyName": "Bates",
       "email": "Evelyn.Bates@rockets.utoledo.edu",
       "@id": "https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4157-2481"
@@ -56,10 +47,7 @@
   "maintainer": [
     {
       "@type": "Person",
-      "givenName": [
-        "Ali",
-        "Sajid"
-      ],
+      "givenName": ["Ali", "Sajid"],
       "familyName": "Imami",
       "email": "Ali.Sajid.Imami@gmail.com",
       "@id": "https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3684-3539"
@@ -349,28 +337,10 @@
   },
   "applicationCategory": "Genomics",
   "isPartOf": "https://bioconductor.org",
-  "keywords": [
-    "LINCS",
-    "iLINCS",
-    "drugrepurposing",
-    "drugdiscovery",
-    "transcriptomics",
-    "geneexpression",
-    "geneknockdown",
-    "geneoverexpression",
-    "chemicalperturbagen",
-    "drugfindR",
-    "r",
-    "ilincs",
-    "bioinformatics",
-    "bioinformatics-pipeline"
-  ],
+  "keywords": ["LINCS", "iLINCS", "drugrepurposing", "drugdiscovery", "transcriptomics", "geneexpression", "geneknockdown", "geneoverexpression", "chemicalperturbagen", "drugfindR", "r", "ilincs", "bioinformatics", "bioinformatics-pipeline"],
   "fileSize": "2083.425KB",
   "releaseNotes": "https://github.com/CogDisResLab/drugfindR/blob/master/NEWS.md",
   "readme": "https://github.com/CogDisResLab/drugfindR/blob/devel/README.md",
-  "contIntegration": [
-    "https://github.com/CogDisResLab/drugfindR/actions/workflows/rworkflows.yml",
-    "https://app.codecov.io/gh/CogDisResLab/drugfindR?branch=devel"
-  ],
+  "contIntegration": ["https://github.com/CogDisResLab/drugfindR/actions/workflows/rworkflows.yml", "https://app.codecov.io/gh/CogDisResLab/drugfindR?branch=devel"],
   "developmentStatus": "https://lifecycle.r-lib.org/articles/stages.html#experimental"
 }
diff --git a/utilities/bump-version.sh b/utilities/bump-version.sh
index 227eb71..c421e6a 100755
--- a/utilities/bump-version.sh
+++ b/utilities/bump-version.sh
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ NEW_VERSION="$BASE_VERSION.$PATCH_NUMBER"
 # Get the current version from the DESCRIPTION file
 CURRENT_VERSION=$(grep '^Version:' $DESCRIPTION_FILE | awk '{print $2}' || true)
 
-EXPECTED_VERSION="$BASE_VERSION.$((PATCH_NUMBER - 1))"
-
 # Check if the version is already up to date
 if [[ "$CURRENT_VERSION" == "$NEW_VERSION" ]]; then
   echo "Version is already up-to-date: $NEW_VERSION"
@@ -27,6 +25,8 @@ fi
 
 echo "Updating version to: $NEW_VERSION"
 
+export SKIP="bump-version,codemeta-json-updated"
+
 # Update the DESCRIPTION file with the new version
 if [[ "$OSTYPE" == "darwin"* ]]; then
   sed -i '' "s/Version: $CURRENT_VERSION/Version: $NEW_VERSION/" $DESCRIPTION_FILE