diff --git a/lib/Adaptor.js b/lib/Adaptor.js
index bc34297..55e5c02 100644
--- a/lib/Adaptor.js
+++ b/lib/Adaptor.js
@@ -182,6 +182,7 @@ function submitXls(formData, params) {
       username,
       password
     } = state.configuration;
+    const json = (0, _languageCommon.expandReferences)(formData)(state);
     const {
       case_type,
       search_field,
@@ -191,7 +192,7 @@ function submitXls(formData, params) {
 
     const workbook = _xlsx.default.utils.book_new();
 
-    const worksheet = _xlsx.default.utils.json_to_sheet(formData);
+    const worksheet = _xlsx.default.utils.json_to_sheet(json);
 
     const ws_name = 'SheetJS';
 
@@ -325,4 +326,4 @@ function fetchReportData(reportId, params, postUrl) {
       });
     }
   });
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/index.js b/lib/index.js
index 0bf5a6d..d9114c5 100644
--- a/lib/index.js
+++ b/lib/index.js
@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@ function _getRequireWildcardCache() { if (typeof WeakMap !== "function") return
 function _interopRequireWildcard(obj) { if (obj && obj.__esModule) { return obj; } if (obj === null || typeof obj !== "object" && typeof obj !== "function") { return { default: obj }; } var cache = _getRequireWildcardCache(); if (cache && cache.has(obj)) { return cache.get(obj); } var newObj = {}; var hasPropertyDescriptor = Object.defineProperty && Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor; for (var key in obj) { if (Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(obj, key)) { var desc = hasPropertyDescriptor ? Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(obj, key) : null; if (desc && (desc.get || desc.set)) { Object.defineProperty(newObj, key, desc); } else { newObj[key] = obj[key]; } } } newObj.default = obj; if (cache) { cache.set(obj, newObj); } return newObj; }
 
 var _default = Adaptor;
-exports.default = _default;
+exports.default = _default;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9726272..e7b33ec 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -9,10 +9,12 @@
   },
   "main": "lib/index.js",
   "scripts": {
-    "build": "make",
+    "ast": "simple-ast --adaptor ./src/Adaptor.js --output ast.json",
+    "build": "node_modules/.bin/babel src -d lib && npm run ast",
+    "postversion": "git push && git push --tags",
     "test": "mocha --require @babel/register",
     "test:watch": "mocha -w --require @babel/register",
-    "prepack": "npx @openfn/simple-ast --adaptor ./lib/Adaptor.js --output ast.json"
+    "version": "npm run build && git add -A lib ast.json"
   },
   "author": "Open Function Group",
   "license": "LGPLv3",
@@ -21,7 +23,7 @@
     "ast.json"
   ],
   "dependencies": {
-    "@openfn/language-common": "1.4.1",
+    "@openfn/language-common": "1.4.2",
     "form-data": "^4.0.0",
     "js2xmlparser": "^1.0.0",
     "JSONPath": "^0.10.0",
diff --git a/src/Adaptor.js b/src/Adaptor.js
index 73d842a..d09460c 100644
--- a/src/Adaptor.js
+++ b/src/Adaptor.js
@@ -89,6 +89,8 @@ export function submitXls(formData, params) {
       username,
       password,
     } = state.configuration;
+
+    const json = expandReferences(formData)(state);
     const { case_type, search_field, create_new_cases } = params;
 
     const url = (hostUrl || 'https://www.commcarehq.org').concat(
@@ -98,7 +100,7 @@ export function submitXls(formData, params) {
     );
 
     const workbook = xlsx.utils.book_new();
-    const worksheet = xlsx.utils.json_to_sheet(formData);
+    const worksheet = xlsx.utils.json_to_sheet(json);
     const ws_name = 'SheetJS';
     xlsx.utils.book_append_sheet(workbook, worksheet, ws_name);