diff --git a/tests/test_update_version.py b/tests/test_update_version.py
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--- a/tests/test_update_version.py
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-import update_version
-
-
-def test_updated_version() -> None:
-    """Test case for update_version function"""
-    assert update_version.updated_version("0.0.9") == "0.1.0"
-    assert update_version.updated_version("0.9.9") == "1.0.0"
-    assert update_version.updated_version("0.1.0") == "0.1.1"
diff --git a/update_version.py b/update_version.py
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--- a/update_version.py
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-from pathlib import Path
-
-import toml
-
-# defines the max value for the version except for the first value
-UPDATE_STEP = 10
-
-
-def updated_version(version: str) -> str:
-    """Updates the version based on the current version and specified step"""
-    # gets a list of integers by splitting the version by a period
-    # this is so it can separately change each part of the version
-    version_list = [int(x) for x in version.split(".")]
-    # adds 1 to the last value of version
-    version_list[2] += 1
-    # iterates through to make sure if the value is equal
-    # to ten it sets it to zero and adds 1 to the next part of
-    # version so it would change [0,2,10] to [0,3,0]
-    for i in range(2, 0, -1):
-        if version_list[i] >= UPDATE_STEP:
-            version_list[i - 1] += 1
-            version_list[i] = 0
-    # turns the result back into a string split by a period and returns it
-    # ex -> [0,3,0] turns into "0.3.0"
-    result = ".".join([str(x) for x in version_list])
-    return result
-
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    # Open toml file and change the version of the program.
-    file = Path("pyproject.toml")
-    # turns the toml into a dictionary to be able to find
-    # the specified value and not change anything else
-    toml_dict = toml.load(file)
-    version = toml_dict["tool"]["poetry"]["version"]
-    # reads the text as a string
-    content = file.read_text()
-    # replaces the version with the updated version using the function
-    # updated_version, Only replaces the first instance of it
-    content = content.replace(version, updated_version(version), 1)
-    # write the changes to the toml file
-    file.write_text(content)