diff --git a/.github/workflows/rc.yml b/.github/workflows/rc.yml
index de0309da..c84128f9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/rc.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/rc.yml
@@ -14,19 +14,16 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Extract branch name
         run: |
-          prefix="release-"
           echo "---"
           echo $GITHUB_REF
           echo ${GITHUB_REF##*/}
-          branch=${GITHUB_REF##*/}
-          echo ${branch#"release-"}
-          echo "---"
-          echo 'RELEASE_BRANCH_NAME=v${GITHUB_REF##*/}#"$prefix"' >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo 'RELEASE_BRANCH_NAME=${GITHUB_REF##*/} >> $GITHUB_ENV
           echo $RELEASE_BRANCH_NAME
 
       - name: Extract version from the branch name
         run: |
-          echo "VERSION=v${#release-}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "VERSION=v${RELEASE_BRANCH_NAME#"release-"}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo $VERSION
 
 #      - name: Configure git for private modules
 #        env: