diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index de565da..6b68649 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
         php-version: '8.0'
 
     - name: Checkout Source
-      uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      uses: actions/checkout@v3
       with:
           fetch-depth: 0
           submodules: recursive
@@ -32,12 +32,14 @@ jobs:
     - name: Prepare Package Script
       # Update the version in code and generate the package.
       run: |
-        ls .git
-        dev-scripts/update_version.sh
-        python3 dev-scripts/prepare_pecl_release.py --name aws-crt --user aws-crt --email aws-sdk-common-runtime@amazon.com --version ${{ steps.tag.outputs.release_tag }}
+        version_with_v=$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0)
+        VERSION=$(echo ${version_with_v} | cut -f2 -dv)
+        sed -i "s/#define CRT_VERSION .*/#define CRT_VERSION \"$VERSION\"/g" ext/crt.c
+        export VERSION="${VERSION}"
+        python3 dev-scripts/prepare_pecl_release.py --name aws-crt --user aws-crt --email aws-sdk-common-runtime@amazon.com --version ${VERSION}
 
     - name: Upload artifacts
       uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
       with:
-        name: pecl_package_${{ steps.tag.outputs.release_tag }}
-        path: awscrt-${{ steps.tag.outputs.release_tag }}.tgz
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+        name: pecl_package_${VERSION}
+        path: awscrt-${VERSION}
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