diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-graphiti-core-varming.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-graphiti-core-varming.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..50782b7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-graphiti-core-varming.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+name: Publish graphiti-core-varming to PyPI
+
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - 'core-v*.*.*-varming.*'  # Triggers on tags like core-v0.23.1-varming.1
+  workflow_dispatch:  # Allow manual triggering
+
+jobs:
+  publish:
+    name: Publish graphiti-core-varming to PyPI
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Install uv
+        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v4
+        with:
+          enable-cache: true
+
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.10'
+
+      - name: Build package
+        run: |
+          # Build graphiti-core-varming from root
+          uv build
+
+      - name: Publish to PyPI
+        env:
+          UV_PUBLISH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.PYPI_API_TOKEN }}
+        run: |
+          uv publish
+
+      - name: Create GitHub Release
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
+        with:
+          files: dist/*
+          generate_release_notes: true
+          body: |
+            ## graphiti-core-varming Release
+
+            This is a fork of graphiti-core with critical bug fixes.
+
+            ### Changes in this fork:
+            - **Fixed database parameter bug**: Neo4j `database_` parameter now correctly passed as keyword argument
+            - All queries now execute in the configured database instead of default 'neo4j'
+
+            ### Upstream Version
+            Based on graphiti-core 0.23.0 from https://github.com/getzep/graphiti
+
+            ### Installation
+            ```bash
+            pip install graphiti-core-varming
+            ```
+
+            ### Usage
+            Drop-in replacement for graphiti-core:
+            ```python
+            # Instead of: from graphiti_core import Graphiti
+            # Use the same import (package name is different, module name is same):
+            from graphiti_core import Graphiti
+            ```
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/mcp_server/pyproject.toml b/mcp_server/pyproject.toml
index 6529918b..5945df5a 100644
--- a/mcp_server/pyproject.toml
+++ b/mcp_server/pyproject.toml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ classifiers = [
 dependencies = [
     "mcp>=1.21.0",
     "openai>=1.91.0",
-    "graphiti-core>=0.16.0",  # Includes neo4j driver by default
+    "graphiti-core-varming>=0.23.1-varming.1",  # Varming fork with database parameter fix
     "pydantic-settings>=2.0.0",
     "pyyaml>=6.0",
 ]
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ Repository = "https://github.com/Varming73/graphiti"
 Issues = "https://github.com/Varming73/graphiti/issues"
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
-# FalkorDB support (Neo4j is included in graphiti-core by default)
-falkordb = ["graphiti-core[falkordb]>=0.16.0"]
+# FalkorDB support (Neo4j is included in graphiti-core-varming by default)
+falkordb = ["graphiti-core-varming[falkordb]>=0.23.1-varming.1"]
 
 # Azure support
 azure = [
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ providers = [
 
 # All optional features
 all = [
-    "graphiti-core[falkordb]>=0.16.0",
+    "graphiti-core-varming[falkordb]>=0.23.1-varming.1",
     "azure-identity>=1.21.0",
     "google-genai>=1.8.0",
     "anthropic>=0.49.0",
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ all = [
 ]
 
 dev = [
-    "graphiti-core>=0.16.0",
+    "graphiti-core-varming>=0.23.1-varming.1",
     "httpx>=0.28.1",
     "mcp>=1.21.0",
     "pyright>=1.1.404",
@@ -121,9 +121,9 @@ quote-style = "single"
 indent-style = "space"
 docstring-code-format = true
 
-# Note: For local development, you can override graphiti-core source:
+# Note: For local development, you can override graphiti-core-varming source:
 # [tool.uv.sources]
-# graphiti-core = { path = "../", editable = true }
+# graphiti-core-varming = { path = "../", editable = true }
 
 [dependency-groups]
 dev = [
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index c5821657..b5825d01 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 [project]
-name = "graphiti-core"
-description = "A temporal graph building library"
-version = "0.23.0"
+name = "graphiti-core-varming"
+description = "A temporal graph building library (Varming fork with database parameter fix)"
+version = "0.23.1-varming.1"
 authors = [
     { name = "Paul Paliychuk", email = "paul@getzep.com" },
     { name = "Preston Rasmussen", email = "preston@getzep.com" },
     { name = "Daniel Chalef", email = "daniel@getzep.com" },
+    { name = "Lars Varming", email = "lars.varming@gmail.com" },
 ]
 readme = "README.md"
 license = "Apache-2.0"
@@ -22,8 +23,9 @@ dependencies = [
 ]
 
 [project.urls]
-Homepage = "https://help.getzep.com/graphiti/graphiti/overview"
-Repository = "https://github.com/getzep/graphiti"
+Homepage = "https://github.com/Varming73/graphiti"
+Repository = "https://github.com/Varming73/graphiti"
+Upstream = "https://github.com/getzep/graphiti"
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 anthropic = ["anthropic>=0.49.0"]