diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 9cc22a8..1bb4c96 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -10,14 +10,11 @@ jobs:
     env:
       GRADLE_OPTS: "-Xmx6g -Xms4g"
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Set up JDK 1.8
         uses: actions/setup-java@v1
         with:
           java-version: 1.8
-      - name: Semantic Version
-        id: version
-        uses: ncipollo/semantic-version-action@v1
       - name: Decode PGP
         id: write_file
         uses: timheuer/base64-to-file@v1
@@ -32,7 +29,7 @@ jobs:
           SIGNING_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.SIGNING_PASSWORD }}
           SIGNING_SECRET_KEY_PATH: ${{ steps.write_file.outputs.filePath }}
         with:
-          arguments: gitPublishPush publishToSonatype closeAndReleaseSonatypeStagingRepository -Pversion=${{ steps.version.outputs.tag }} -Prelease=true -Dorg.ajoberstar.grgit.auth.username=${{ secrets.AGORAPULSE_BOT_PERSONAL_TOKEN }} --stacktrace
+          arguments: gitPublishPush publishToSonatype closeAndReleaseSonatypeStagingRepository -Pversion=${{ github.ref_name }} -Prelease=true -Dorg.ajoberstar.grgit.auth.username=${{ secrets.AGORAPULSE_BOT_PERSONAL_TOKEN }} --stacktrace
   ping:
     name: Notify Upstream Repositories
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -43,14 +40,11 @@ jobs:
           - agorapulse/agorapulse-bom
           - agorapulse/agorapulse-oss
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v1
-      - name: Semantic Version
-        id: version
-        uses: ncipollo/semantic-version-action@v1
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Dispatch to ${{ matrix.repository }}
         uses: peter-evans/repository-dispatch@v1
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.AGORAPULSE_BOT_PERSONAL_TOKEN }}
           repository: ${{ matrix.repository }}
           event-type: ap-new-version-released-event
-          client-payload: '{ "group": "com.agorapulse.testing", "module": "testing-libraries", "version": "${{ steps.version.outputs.tag }}", "property" : "testing.libraries.version", "github" : ${{ toJson(github) }} }'
+          client-payload: '{ "group": "com.agorapulse.testing", "module": "testing-libraries", "version": "${{ github.ref_name }}", "property" : "testing.libraries.version", "github" : ${{ toJson(github) }} }'