diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index b7360c9f..f47767d5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -10,25 +10,17 @@ jobs:
     name: Publish changelog to Readme
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - name: Extract release data
-        id: release
-        run: |
-          echo "title=${{ github.event.release.name }}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          {
-            echo "body<<EOF"
-            echo "${{ github.event.release.body }}"
-            echo "EOF"
-          } >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-
       - name: Install jq
         run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y jq
 
       - name: Publish changelog to Readme
         env:
           README_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.README_API_KEY }}
+          RELEASE_TITLE: ${{ github.event.release.name }}
+          RELEASE_BODY: ${{ github.event.release.body }}
         run: |
-          jq -n --arg title "Java Unified SDK ${{ steps.release.outputs.title }}" \
-                --arg body "${{ steps.release.outputs.body }}" \
+          jq -n --arg title "Java Unified SDK $RELEASE_TITLE" \
+                --arg body "$RELEASE_BODY" \
                 '{
                   title: $title,
                   content: {