diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index bdae692f27..bed52955ad 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           mkdir -p target/
           # Ignore any errors that occur while drafting release notes to not fail the build.
-          script/draft-release-notes "$version" "$channel" > target/release-notes.md || true
+          script/draft-release-notes "$RELEASE_VERSION" "$RELEASE_CHANNEL" > target/release-notes.md || true
 
       - name: Generate license file
         run: script/generate-licenses
diff --git a/script/determine-release-channel b/script/determine-release-channel
index ae49fbf1e5..e66ad4a6c1 100755
--- a/script/determine-release-channel
+++ b/script/determine-release-channel
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ version=$(script/get-crate-version zed)
 channel=$(cat crates/zed/RELEASE_CHANNEL)
 echo "Publishing version: ${version} on release channel ${channel}"
 echo "RELEASE_CHANNEL=${channel}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+echo "RELEASE_VERSION="${version}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
 expected_tag_name=""
 case ${channel} in