diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index 11deea37..0c942ecf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -264,7 +264,8 @@ jobs:
     needs: [finalize-release]
     steps:
       - run: |
-          echo "RELEASE_TAG=${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          RELEASE_TAG=${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/}
+          echo "RELEASE_TAG=${RELEASE_TAG}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
           echo "RELEASE_VERSION=${RELEASE_TAG:1}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
       - uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0 https://github.com/actions/checkout/releases/tag/v5.0.0
         if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')