diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index 148d49be..a427ff4f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ jobs:
       ISSUE_TITLE: ${{ github.event.issue.title }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - run:
-          echo "RELEASE_VERSION=`echo $ISSUE_TITLE | awk '{ print $2 }'`" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-          echo "CHART_VERSION=`echo "${RELEASE_VERSION#v}"`" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+      - run: |
+        echo "RELEASE_VERSION=$(echo $ISSUE_TITLE | awk '{ print $2 }')" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        echo "CHART_VERSION=${RELEASE_VERSION#v}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
       - name: Determine base branch
         run: |
           if echo $RELEASE_VERSION | grep -q beta; then
@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@ jobs:
           token: ${{ secrets.GH_TOKEN_NVIDIA_CI_CD }}
           repository: ${{ github.repository_owner }}/sriov-network-operator
           path: sriov-network-operator-fork
-      - run:
-          echo "RELEASE_VERSION=`echo $ISSUE_TITLE | awk -F 'Release v' '{ print $2 }'`" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+      - run: |
+          echo "RELEASE_VERSION=$(echo $ISSUE_TITLE | awk -F 'Release v' '{ print $2 }')" >> $GITHUB_ENV
       - name: Determine sriov-network-operator branch
         run: |
           major_minor=$(echo $RELEASE_VERSION | grep -Eo '[0-9]+\.[0-9]+')