diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 5f34d5cb..35333503 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ jobs:
 
     env:
       GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+      LC_TIME: en_US.UTF-8
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           gh release create "$GITHUB_REF_NAME" \
             --repo "$GITHUB_REPOSITORY" \
-            --title "Helma $GITHUB_REF_NAME" \
+            --title "$(date +'%d %b %Y')" \
             --generate-notes
 
       - name: Upload assets