diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index d011cc1..ead0340 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -16,6 +16,6 @@ jobs:
       - run: yarn compile
       - run: git config --global user.email opensource@mittwald.de
       - run: git config --global --replace-all user.name "Mittwald Release Bot"
-      - run: npm version --no-git-tag-version from-git
+      - run: npm version --no-git-tag-version "$GITHUB_REF_NAME"
       - run: cp README.md package.json dist/
       - run: cd dist && npm publish