diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 01ed7bd..87b4b4f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [v0.2.0-beta.0](https://github.com/apricote/releaser-pleaser/releases/tag/v0.2.0-beta.0)
+### Features
+
+- update version references in any files (#14)
+
 ## [v0.1.0](https://github.com/apricote/releaser-pleaser/releases/tag/v0.1.0)
 ### This is the first release ever, so it also includes a lot of other functionality.
 
diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index 075c8b1..5b07ee1 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ inputs:
 outputs: {}
 runs:
   using: 'docker'
-  image: ghcr.io/apricote/releaser-pleaser:v0.1.0 # x-releaser-pleaser-version
+  image: ghcr.io/apricote/releaser-pleaser:v0.2.0-beta.0 # x-releaser-pleaser-version
   args:
     - run
     - --forge=github
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 3be3b4e..76b6fcb 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ require (
 	dario.cat/mergo v1.0.1 // indirect
 	github.com/Microsoft/go-winio v0.6.2 // indirect
 	github.com/ProtonMail/go-crypto v1.0.0 // indirect
-	github.com/cloudflare/circl v1.3.9 // indirect
+	github.com/cloudflare/circl v1.4.0 // indirect
 	github.com/cyphar/filepath-securejoin v0.3.1 // indirect
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/emirpasic/gods v1.18.1 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index c43a8f2..b5f7d57 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ github.com/blang/semver/v4 v4.0.0 h1:1PFHFE6yCCTv8C1TeyNNarDzntLi7wMI5i/pzqYIsAM
 github.com/blang/semver/v4 v4.0.0/go.mod h1:IbckMUScFkM3pff0VJDNKRiT6TG/YpiHIM2yvyW5YoQ=
 github.com/bwesterb/go-ristretto v1.2.3/go.mod h1:fUIoIZaG73pV5biE2Blr2xEzDoMj7NFEuV9ekS419A0=
 github.com/cloudflare/circl v1.3.3/go.mod h1:5XYMA4rFBvNIrhs50XuiBJ15vF2pZn4nnUKZrLbUZFA=
-github.com/cloudflare/circl v1.3.9 h1:QFrlgFYf2Qpi8bSpVPK1HBvWpx16v/1TZivyo7pGuBE=
-github.com/cloudflare/circl v1.3.9/go.mod h1:PDRU+oXvdD7KCtgKxW95M5Z8BpSCJXQORiZFnBQS5QU=
+github.com/cloudflare/circl v1.4.0 h1:BV7h5MgrktNzytKmWjpOtdYrf0lkkbF8YMlBGPhJQrY=
+github.com/cloudflare/circl v1.4.0/go.mod h1:PDRU+oXvdD7KCtgKxW95M5Z8BpSCJXQORiZFnBQS5QU=
 github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.4/go.mod h1:tgQtvFlXSQOSOSIRvRPT7W67SCa46tRHOmNcaadrF8o=
 github.com/cyphar/filepath-securejoin v0.3.1 h1:1V7cHiaW+C+39wEfpH6XlLBQo3j/PciWFrgfCLS8XrE=
 github.com/cyphar/filepath-securejoin v0.3.1/go.mod h1:F7i41x/9cBF7lzCrVsYs9fuzwRZm4NQsGTBdpp6mETc=
diff --git a/versioning.go b/versioning.go
index 176a28d..d18d480 100644
--- a/versioning.go
+++ b/versioning.go
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@ func SemVerNextVersion(r Releases, versionBump conventionalcommits.VersionBump,
 	case conventionalcommits.MajorVersion:
 		err = next.IncrementMajor()
 	}
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
 
 	switch nextVersionType {
 	case NextVersionTypeUndefined, NextVersionTypeNormal:
@@ -62,10 +65,6 @@ func SemVerNextVersion(r Releases, versionBump conventionalcommits.VersionBump,
 		setPRVersion(&next, nextVersionType.String(), id)
 	}
 
-	if err != nil {
-		return "", err
-	}
-
 	return "v" + next.String(), nil
 }