diff --git a/.github/workflows/opencode-smoke.yml b/.github/workflows/opencode-smoke.yml
index b729e07..e072a50 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/opencode-smoke.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/opencode-smoke.yml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ jobs:
         id: version
         env:
           ARTIFACT_NAME: ${{ inputs.artifact }}
-          REQUESTED_VERSION: ${{ github.event_name == 'workflow_call' && inputs.version || '' }}
+          REQUESTED_VERSION: ${{ inputs.version }}
           REQUESTED_TAG: ${{ inputs.tag }}
         run: |
           if [ -n "$ARTIFACT_NAME" ]; then
diff --git a/src/release-workflows.test.ts b/src/release-workflows.test.ts
index 819e159..412189c 100644
--- a/src/release-workflows.test.ts
+++ b/src/release-workflows.test.ts
@@ -78,4 +78,9 @@ describe('release workflows', () => {
       /postpublish-smoke:[\s\S]*?permissions:\n {6}actions: read\n {6}contents: read/
     );
   });
+
+  it('preserves the requested version across reusable workflow event types', () => {
+    expect(smokeWorkflow).toMatch(/REQUESTED_VERSION: \$\{\{ inputs\.version \}\}/);
+    expect(smokeWorkflow).not.toContain("github.event_name == 'workflow_call' && inputs.version");
+  });
 });