diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-and-publish.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-and-publish.yaml
index 0495d22f1..21e917ff5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-and-publish.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-and-publish.yaml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ jobs:
           python -m pip install -r setup_requirements.txt
       - name: Replace release-version with provided input value
         run: |
-        export RELEASE_VERSION={{ github.event.inputs.release-version }}
+        export RELEASE_VERSION=${{ github.event.inputs.release-version }}
         sed -i "s/^version = \"[0-9.]*\"$/version = \"${RELEASE_VERSION}\"/g" pyproject.toml
       - name: Build and test with tox
         run: tox -e py39