diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 41457bf9..2e539e66 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -34,11 +34,11 @@ jobs:
           mkdir linkstack
           cd linkstack
 
-          echo "${GITHUB_REF##*/}" > version.json
-
           TAG_VERSION="${GITHUB_REF##*/}"
           version=${TAG_VERSION#"v"}
 
+          echo "$version" > version.json
+
           git clone https://github.com/LinkStackOrg/LinkStack/
 
           mkdir linkstack