diff --git a/.github/workflows/ter-release.yml b/.github/workflows/ter-release.yml
index e8c39f4..e7cb5b0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ter-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ter-release.yml
@@ -30,8 +30,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           cd ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}
           echo "Fetching tag message for version: ${{ env.version }}" # Debugging line
-          git for-each-ref refs/tags/${{ env.version }} --format='%(contents)' # Debugging line
-          tag_message=$(git for-each-ref refs/tags/${{ env.version }} --format='%(contents)' | sed -n '3,$p')
+          tag_message=$(git show ${{ env.version }} --no-patch --format=%B | sed -n '3,$p')
           echo "Tag message: $tag_message" # Debugging line
 
           if [[ -z "${tag_message// }" ]]; then