diff --git a/.github/workflows/artifacts.yml b/.github/workflows/artifacts.yml
index 392bd81a06f..26beeed9cd0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/artifacts.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/artifacts.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ jobs:
           cache-disabled: true
       - name: assemble release
         run:
-          ./gradlew -Prelease.releaseVersion=${{github.ref_name}} -Pversion=${{github.ref_name}} assemble
+          ./gradlew -Prelease.releaseVersion=${{github.event.release.name}} -Pversion=${{github.event.release.name}} assemble
       - name: hashes
         id: hashes
         run: |
@@ -38,13 +38,13 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@5d5d22a31266ced268874388b861e4b58bb5c2f3
         with:
           path: 'build/distributions/besu*.tar.gz'
-          name: besu-${{ github.ref_name }}.tar.gz
+          name: besu-${{ github.event.release.name }}.tar.gz
           compression-level: 0
       - name: upload zipfile
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@5d5d22a31266ced268874388b861e4b58bb5c2f3
         with:
           path: 'build/distributions/besu*.zip'
-          name: besu-${{ github.ref_name }}.zip
+          name: besu-${{ github.event.release.name }}.zip
           compression-level: 0
 
   testWindows:
@@ -99,4 +99,4 @@ jobs:
         env:
           ARTIFACTORY_USER: ${{ secrets.BESU_ARTIFACTORY_USER }}
           ARTIFACTORY_KEY: ${{ secrets.BESU_ARTIFACTORY_TOKEN }}
-        run: ./gradlew -Prelease.releaseVersion=${{ github.ref_name }} -Pversion=${{github.ref_name}} artifactoryPublish
\ No newline at end of file
+        run: ./gradlew -Prelease.releaseVersion=${{ github.event.release.name }} -Pversion=${{github.event.release.name}} artifactoryPublish
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/docker.yml b/.github/workflows/docker.yml
index 3155667b9e6..592adc141c6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docker.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docker.yml
@@ -86,11 +86,11 @@ jobs:
           architecture: ${{ steps.prep.outputs.ARCH }}
         with:
           cache-disabled: true
-          arguments: testDocker -PdockerOrgName=${{ env.registry }}/${{ secrets.DOCKER_ORG }} -Pversion=${{github.ref_name}} -Prelease.releaseVersion=${{ github.ref_name }}
+          arguments: testDocker -PdockerOrgName=${{ env.registry }}/${{ secrets.DOCKER_ORG }} -Pversion=${{github.event.release.name}} -Prelease.releaseVersion=${{ github.event.release.name }}
       - name: publish
         env:
           architecture: ${{ steps.prep.outputs.ARCH }}
-        run: ./gradlew --no-daemon dockerUpload -PdockerOrgName=${{ env.registry }}/${{ secrets.DOCKER_ORG }} -Pversion=${{github.ref_name}} -Prelease.releaseVersion=${{ github.ref_name }}
+        run: ./gradlew --no-daemon dockerUpload -PdockerOrgName=${{ env.registry }}/${{ secrets.DOCKER_ORG }} -Pversion=${{github.event.release.name}} -Prelease.releaseVersion=${{ github.event.release.name }}
   multiArch:
     needs: buildDocker
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ jobs:
           username: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_USER_RW }}
           password: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_PASSWORD_RW }}
       - name: multi-arch docker
-        run: ./gradlew manifestDocker -PdockerOrgName=${{ env.registry }}/${{ secrets.DOCKER_ORG }} -Pversion=${{github.ref_name}} -Prelease.releaseVersion=${{ github.ref_name }}
+        run: ./gradlew manifestDocker -PdockerOrgName=${{ env.registry }}/${{ secrets.DOCKER_ORG }} -Pversion=${{github.event.release.name}} -Prelease.releaseVersion=${{ github.event.release.name }}
   amendNotes:
     needs: multiArch
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
@@ -128,4 +128,4 @@ jobs:
         with:
           append_body: true
           body: |
-            `docker pull ${{env.registry}}/${{secrets.DOCKER_ORG}}/besu:${{github.ref_name}}`
+            `docker pull ${{env.registry}}/${{secrets.DOCKER_ORG}}/besu:${{github.event.release.name}}`
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 3ae4a0ddf8d..8d8b4c8e79c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -25,6 +25,6 @@ jobs:
         with:
           cache-disabled: true
       - name: Docker upload
-        run: ./gradlew "-Prelease.releaseVersion=${{ github.ref_name }}" "-PdockerOrgName=${{ env.registry }}/${{ secrets.DOCKER_ORG }}" dockerUploadRelease
+        run: ./gradlew "-Prelease.releaseVersion=${{ github.event.release.name }}" "-PdockerOrgName=${{ env.registry }}/${{ secrets.DOCKER_ORG }}" dockerUploadRelease
       - name: Docker manifest
-        run: ./gradlew "-Prelease.releaseVersion=${{ github.ref_name }}" "-PdockerOrgName=${{ env.registry }}/${{ secrets.DOCKER_ORG }}" manifestDockerRelease
+        run: ./gradlew "-Prelease.releaseVersion=${{ github.event.release.name }}" "-PdockerOrgName=${{ env.registry }}/${{ secrets.DOCKER_ORG }}" manifestDockerRelease