diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy-production.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy-production.yml
index 0a8f5adcb..a7d60b7a2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy-production.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy-production.yml
@@ -156,6 +156,15 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
+      - name: Get Artifact from Release
+        uses: dsaltares/fetch-gh-release-asset@master
+        with:
+          version: ${{ github.event.release.id }}
+          file: iac.zip
+
+      - name: Unzip Artifact
+        run: unzip iac.zip
+
       - name: install opentofu
         uses: opentofu/setup-opentofu@v1
         with: 
@@ -169,7 +178,6 @@ jobs:
           terragrunt -v
 
       - name: Get ECR tag from Release
-        id: get_ecr_tag
         uses: dsaltares/fetch-gh-release-asset@master
         with:
           version: ${{ github.event.release.id }}
@@ -177,8 +185,11 @@ jobs:
           target: ./tofu/environments/prod/services/backend-service
 
       - name: Unzip ECR tag
-        working-directory: ./tofu/environments/prod/services/backend-service
-        run: unzip ecr_tag.zip
+        id: get_ecr_tag
+        run: |
+          unzip ecr_tag.zip
+          output=$(cat ecr_tag.txt)
+          echo ecr_tag=$output >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
       - name: Configure AWS credentials
         uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v4
@@ -192,7 +203,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           terragrunt init -upgrade
           terragrunt validate
-          terragrunt plan -var "image=$(cat steps.get_ecr_tag.outputs.*)" -out tfplan
+          terragrunt plan -var "image=$(steps.get_ecr_tag.outputs.ecr_tag)" -out tfplan
           cat tfplan
   #        terragrunt apply tfplan # will be re-enabled once release workflow is tested