diff --git a/.github/workflows/autotag.yml b/.github/workflows/autotag.yml
index 7c9f279..a64330b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/autotag.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/autotag.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Get version
         run: |
           version=$(git log --pretty=oneline -1 | grep -oP 'release: \K[0-9.]+')
-          if [ -n "$version" ]; then echo VERSION=$version >> $GITHUB_ENV; fi
+          echo "VERSION=$version" >> $GITHUB_ENV
       # create & push tag
       - name: Create & push tag
         if: ${{ env.VERSION }} != ''