diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yaml b/.github/workflows/publish.yaml
index 6e5903aa30b..2ba81b7326f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yaml
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ jobs:
           key: ${{ secrets.DEPLOY_KEY }}
           script_stop: true
           script: |-
-            tag="${{ github.release.tag_name }}"
+            tag="${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}"
             version="${tag#v}"
             basename="jellyfin-ffmpeg_${version}-${{ matrix.arrays.codename }}"
             if [ "${{ matrix.arrays.distro }}" != "windows" ]; then