diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 75acbc4..dea7624 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ on:
 
 env:
   REGEX_PATTERN: "^v[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+$"
+  RELEASE_TAG: ${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}
 
 jobs:
   highflame-validate: