diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index cb93081..d0c2cd7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -32,11 +32,13 @@ jobs:
       - name: 📝 Load Operator version
         id: version
         run: |
-          echo "version=$(make print-VERSION | cut -d'=' -f2)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          echo "values_version=$(yq '.deployment.image.tag' chart/values.yaml)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          echo "chart_version=$(yq '.appVersion' chart/Chart.yaml)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          echo "catalog_version=$(yq '.spec.image' deploy/catalog_source.yaml | cut -d':' -f2)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          echo $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          {
+            echo "version=$(make print-VERSION | cut -d'=' -f2)"
+            echo "values_version=$(yq '.deployment.image.tag' chart/values.yaml)"
+            echo "chart_version=$(yq '.appVersion' chart/Chart.yaml)"
+            echo "catalog_version=$(yq '.spec.image' deploy/catalog_source.yaml | cut -d':' -f2)"
+          } >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          echo "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
 
   check:
     name: 🔎 Check versions
@@ -44,29 +46,31 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: 🔎 Check versions
+        env:
+          RELEASE_TAG_NAME: ${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}
         run: |
           echo "version: ${{ needs.release.outputs.version }}"
           echo "values_version: ${{ needs.release.outputs.values_version }}"
           echo "chart_version: ${{ needs.release.outputs.chart_version }}"
-          echo "tag_name: ${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}"
+          echo "tag_name: $RELEASE_TAG_NAME"
           echo "catalog_version: ${{ needs.release.outputs.catalog_version }}"
 
-          if [ "${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}" != "${{ needs.release.outputs.version }}" ]; then
+          if [ "$RELEASE_TAG_NAME" != "${{ needs.release.outputs.version }}" ]; then
             echo "Version in Makefile does not match release tag"
             exit 1
           fi
 
-          if [ "${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}" != "${{ needs.release.outputs.values_version }}" ]; then
+          if [ "$RELEASE_TAG_NAME" != "${{ needs.release.outputs.values_version }}" ]; then
             echo "Version in chart/values.yaml does not match release tag"
             exit 1
           fi
 
-          if [ "${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}" != "${{ needs.release.outputs.chart_version }}" ]; then
+          if [ "$RELEASE_TAG_NAME" != "${{ needs.release.outputs.chart_version }}" ]; then
             echo "Version in chart/Chart.yaml does not match release tag"
             exit 1
           fi
 
-          if [ "${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}" != "${{ needs.release.outputs.catalog_version }}" ]; then
+          if [ "$RELEASE_TAG_NAME" != "${{ needs.release.outputs.catalog_version }}" ]; then
             echo "Version in deploy/catalog_source.yaml does not match release tag"
             exit 1
           fi