diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-community-pr.yml b/.github/workflows/release-community-pr.yml
index 76c1fa2f3..e632aeb2e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-community-pr.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-community-pr.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ jobs:
       pull-requests: write
     env:
       GH_REF_NAME: vX.Y.Z
-      VERSION: ${GH_REF_NAME:1:5}
+      VERSION: ${$GH_REF_NAME:1:5}
       COMMUNITY_BRANCH_NAME: ${{ github.actor }}/datadog-operator
     steps:
       - name: setup env