diff --git a/.github/workflows/2_auto_publish_release.yml b/.github/workflows/2_auto_publish_release.yml
index 9ffa4015e06..ad9afbc56e0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/2_auto_publish_release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/2_auto_publish_release.yml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Publish GitHub release
       id: create-release
-      uses: actions/create-release@v1
+      uses: cylc/release-actions/create-release@v1
       env:
         GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
       with:
diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 8b1801d16d2..e9218295822 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ updated. Only the first match gets replaced, so it's fine to leave the old
 ones in. -->
 
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-## __cylc-8.1.2 (<span actions:bind='release-date'>Coming Soon</span>)__
+## __cylc-8.1.2 (<span actions:bind='release-date'>Released 2023-02-20</span>)__
 
 ### Fixes
 
diff --git a/cylc/flow/scripts/install.py b/cylc/flow/scripts/install.py
index a2004b2dc90..6fb128e5454 100755
--- a/cylc/flow/scripts/install.py
+++ b/cylc/flow/scripts/install.py
@@ -215,12 +215,16 @@ async def scan(wf_name: str, ping: bool = True) -> None:
         'source': False,
         'ping': ping,  # get status of scanned workflows
     })
-    active = [
-        item async for item in get_pipe(
-            opts, None,
-            scan_dir=get_workflow_run_dir(wf_name)  # restricted scan
-        )
-    ]
+    active = sorted(
+        [
+            item async for item in get_pipe(
+                opts,
+                None,
+                scan_dir=get_workflow_run_dir(wf_name)  # restricted scan
+            )
+        ],
+        key=lambda flow: flow['name']
+    )
     if active:
         n = len(active)
         grammar = (