diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 5e01a6561..82f3773d1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ jobs:
                         sort | head -1)
           # otel-java core libs are transient deps thru instrumentation boms
           sdk_version=$(./gradlew --console=plain android-agent:dependencies | \
-                        grep 'io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-api ' | \
+                        grep 'io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-sdk ' | \
                         sed -e "s/.* -> //" | sed -e "s/ .*//" | \
                         sort | head -1)