diff --git a/.github/workflows/auto-update.yml b/.github/workflows/auto-update.yml
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-name: auto-update
-on:
-  push: {}
-jobs:
-  
-  validate-tag-if-present:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-
-    steps:
-      - name: TAGGED, Validate that the tag is in the correct format
-        
-        run: |
-          echo "The GITHUB_REF: $GITHUB_REF"
-          #First check to see if the release is a tag
-          if [[ $GITHUB_REF =~ refs/tags/* ]]; then
-            #Yes, this is a tag, so we need to test to make sure that the tag
-            #is in the correct format (like v1.10.20)
-            if [[ $GITHUB_REF =~ refs/tags/v[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+ ]]; then
-              echo "PASS: Tagged release with good format"
-              exit 0
-            else
-              echo "FAIL: Tagged release with bad format"
-              exit 1
-            fi
-          else
-          echo "PASS: Not a tagged release"
-          exit 0
-          fi                          
-  autoupdate:
-    name: autoupdate
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: docker://chinthakagodawita/autoupdate-action:v1
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: "${{ secrets.SECURITY_CONTENT_ADMIN_TASKS }}"
-          DRY_RUN: "false"
-          MERGE_MSG: "Branch was auto-updated."