diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index d3d03e737..1ff135259 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -24,9 +24,7 @@ jobs:
         run: cargo run --package polywrap_tests_utils --bin generate 
 
       - name: Install cargo-llvm-cov
-        uses: taiki-e/install-action@v2
-        with:
-          tool: cargo-llvm-cov@0.5.19
+        uses: taiki-e/install-action@cargo-llvm-cov
 
       - name: Test & Generate code coverage
         run: cargo llvm-cov --all-features --workspace --lcov --output-path cov.info --ignore-filename-regex tests-utils --release
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yaml b/.github/workflows/publish.yaml
index 86bac5b18..f06854491 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yaml
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ jobs:
         env:
           CRATES_IO_TOKEN: ${{secrets.POLYWRAP_BUILD_BOT_CRATES_PAT}}
 
+      - name: Read VERSION into env.RELEASE_VERSION
+        run: echo RELEASE_VERSION=$(cat VERSION) >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
       - uses: actions/github-script@0.8.0
         with:
           github-token: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-pr.yaml b/.github/workflows/release-pr.yaml
index 1727af206..008af88eb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-pr.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-pr.yaml
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ jobs:
           committer: GitHub <noreply@github.com>
           author: ${{env.BUILD_BOT}} <${{env.BUILD_BOT}}@users.noreply.github.com>
           commit-message: "${{env.RELEASE_VERSION}}"
-          title: '(prep/release): rust client (${{env.RELEASE_VERSION}})'
+          title: 'Release: v${{env.RELEASE_VERSION}}'
           body: |
             ## Rust client (${{env.RELEASE_VERSION}})