diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index ec62814..6a2c95a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -24,6 +24,6 @@ jobs:
         binary_name: can2mqtt
         compress_assets: false
         project_path: src
-        ldflags: -X "main.version=${{ vars.GITHUB_REF_NAME }}"
+        ldflags: -X "main.version=$GITHUB_REF_NAME"
       env:
         CGO_ENABLED: 0