diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish_release.yml b/.github/workflows/publish_release.yml
index 92689a56..3375060c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish_release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish_release.yml
@@ -85,9 +85,9 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         ref=${{ github.ref }}
         [ "${ref::10}" = 'refs/tags/' ] && tag=${ref:10} || tag=${{ github.event.inputs.tag }}
-        if echo ${tag#v} | grep -qxE '[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)*' ; then final=true; else final=false; fi
-        echo ::set-output name=tag::$tag
-        echo ::set-output name=final::$final
+        if echo ${tag#v} | grep -qxE '[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)*' ; then release=final; else release=prerelease; fi
+        echo ::set-output name=tag::${tag#v}
+        echo ::set-output name=release::$release
 
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ jobs:
         PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_HOMEBREW_TOKEN }}
 
     - name: Make a brew PR from pypi’s metadata
-      if: ${{ steps.name.outputs.final }}
+      if: ${{ steps.name.outputs.release == 'final' }}
       run: |
         jq_script=`printf '.releases."%s"[]? | select(.python_version == "source") | @text "--url=\(.url) --sha256=\(.digests.sha256)"' ${{ steps.name.outputs.tag }}`
         brew bump-formula-pr --strict --no-browse `curl -s https://pypi.org/pypi/pympress/json | jq -r "$jq_script"` pympress