diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index 4543068..846831d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         GOOS=${{ matrix.goos }} GOARCH=${{ matrix.goarch }} go build \
             -ldflags="-s -w" \
-            -ldflags="-X 'github.com/open-sauced/pizza-cli/pkg/utils.writeOnlyPublicPosthogKey=${{ secrets.POSTHOG_WRITE_PUBLIC_KEY }}'" \
-            -ldflags="-X 'github.com/open-sauced/pizza-cli/pkg/utils.Version={{ needs.release.outputs.release-tag }}'" \
+            -ldflags="-X 'github.com/open-sauced/pizza-cli/pkg/utils.writeOnlyPublicPosthogKey=${{ var.POSTHOG_WRITE_PUBLIC_KEY }}'" \
+            -ldflags="-X 'github.com/open-sauced/pizza-cli/pkg/utils.Version=${{ needs.release.outputs.release-tag }}'" \
             -ldflags="-X 'github.com/open-sauced/pizza-cli/pkg/utils.Sha=$(git rev-parse HEAD)'" \
             -o build/pizza-${{ matrix.goos }}-${{ matrix.goarch }}
         gh release upload ${{ needs.release.outputs.release-tag }} build/pizza-${{ matrix.goos }}-${{ matrix.goarch }}