diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish_alpha_release.yml b/.github/workflows/publish_alpha_release.yml
index f23277d..5ef507b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish_alpha_release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish_alpha_release.yml
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ on:
       publish_pypi:
         type: boolean
         default: True
+      update_skill_json:
+        type: boolean
+        default: False
       version_scheme:
         type: string
         default: semver
@@ -64,17 +67,17 @@ jobs:
       version: ${{ steps.version.outputs.version }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout Repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           ref: ${{ inputs.branch }}
           path: action/package/
       - name: Checkout Scripts Repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           path: action/github/
           repository: NeonGeckoCom/.github
       - name: Setup Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v1
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
           python-version: "3.10"
       - name: Increment Alpha Version
@@ -106,7 +109,7 @@ jobs:
       changelog: ${{ steps.changelog.outputs.changelog }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout Repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           ref: ${{ inputs.branch }}
           path: action/package/
@@ -131,25 +134,34 @@ jobs:
         with:
           commit_message: Update Changelog
           repository: action/package/
+  update_skill_json:
+    if: ${{ always() && inputs.update_skill_json }}
+    needs: 
+      - bump_version
+      - update_changelog
+    uses: NeonGeckoCom/.github/.github/workflows/skill_update_json_spec.yml@master
+    with:
+      branch: ${{ inputs.branch }}
   build_and_publish_pypi:
     if: ${{ always() && inputs.publish_pypi }}
     needs:
+      - update_skill_json
       - update_changelog
       - bump_version
     runs-on: ${{inputs.runner}}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout Repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           ref: ${{ inputs.branch }}
           path: action/package/
       - name: Checkout Scripts Repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           path: action/github/
           repository: NeonGeckoCom/.github
       - name: Setup Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v1
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
           python-version: "3.10"
       - name: Install Build Tools
@@ -168,11 +180,12 @@ jobs:
     needs:
       - update_changelog
       - bump_version
+      - update_skill_json
     if: ${{ always() && inputs.publish_prerelease }}
     runs-on: ${{inputs.runner}}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout Repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           ref: ${{ inputs.branch }}
           path: action/package/
@@ -183,4 +196,4 @@ jobs:
           tag: ${{needs.bump_version.outputs.version}}
           commit: ${{ github.ref }}
           prerelease: true
-          generateReleaseNotes: true
\ No newline at end of file
+          generateReleaseNotes: true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/skill_update_json_spec.yml b/.github/workflows/skill_update_json_spec.yml
index 45044c2..e838d78 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/skill_update_json_spec.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/skill_update_json_spec.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ on:
       runner:
         type: string
         default: "ubuntu-latest"
+      branch:
+        type: string
+        default: ${{ github.ref }}
 
 jobs:
   update_skill_json:
@@ -15,6 +18,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           path: action/skill/
+          ref: ${{ inputs.branch }}
       - name: Checkout Scripts Repo
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
@@ -29,8 +33,6 @@ jobs:
           sudo apt update
           sudo apt install -y gcc git libpulse-dev
           pip install --upgrade pip
-          pip install wheel "cython<3.0.0"  # TODO: cython patching https://github.com/yaml/pyyaml/issues/724
-          pip install --no-build-isolation pyyaml~=5.4  # TODO: patching https://github.com/yaml/pyyaml/issues/724
           pip install -r action/github/requirements/update_skill_json.txt
       - name: Get Updated skill.json
         run: |
diff --git a/requirements/update_skill_json.txt b/requirements/update_skill_json.txt
index a5110a0..f3ae050 100644
--- a/requirements/update_skill_json.txt
+++ b/requirements/update_skill_json.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-neon-utils~=1.2
+#neon-utils~=1.2
+neon-utils[skills] @ git+https://github.com/neongeckocom/neon-utils@REF_RemoveOsmDependency#egg=neon-utils
 ovos-skills-manager~=0.0
 cattrs != 23.1.0
-# TODO: cattrs patching https://github.com/python-attrs/cattrs/issues/369
\ No newline at end of file
+# TODO: cattrs patching https://github.com/python-attrs/cattrs/issues/369
diff --git a/scripts/update_skill_json.py b/scripts/update_skill_json.py
index baf4d1f..498325f 100644
--- a/scripts/update_skill_json.py
+++ b/scripts/update_skill_json.py
@@ -31,13 +31,13 @@
 from sys import argv
 from os.path import join
 from pprint import pprint
-from neon_utils.packaging_utils import build_skill_spec
+from neon_utils.skill_utils import get_skill_metadata
 
 
 def get_skill_json(skill_dir: str):
     print(f"skill_dir={skill_dir}")
     skill_json = join(skill_dir, "skill.json")
-    skill_spec = build_skill_spec(skill_dir)
+    skill_spec = get_skill_metadata(skill_dir)
     pprint(skill_spec)
     try:
         with open(skill_json) as f: