diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index 4f29523f9..ced83855a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ on:
           # - 'minor'
           # - 'patch'
 
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
+
 jobs:
   analyse-changed-packages:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -127,10 +130,17 @@ jobs:
 
           echo "$changelog"
           echo "{${{ matrix.package }} v$changelog}" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
-          changelog="${changelog//'%'/'%25'}"
-          changelog="${changelog//$'\n'/'%0A'}"
-          changelog="${changelog//$'\r'/'%0D'}"
-          echo "changelog=$changelog" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+          {
+          echo 'CHANGELOG<<EOF'
+            echo $changelog
+            echo EOF
+          } >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+
+          echo "MULTI_LINES_TEXT_ENV_VAR<<EOF" >> $GITHUB_ENV  
+          # here we can place the command that will generate multi-line text
+          echo $changelog >> $GITHUB_ENV 
+          echo "EOF" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
         working-directory: ${{ steps.get-directory.outputs.directory }}
         env:
@@ -138,10 +148,11 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Determine next version number
         if: inputs.releaseVersion == 'auto'
+        id: determine_next_version
         run: |
           nextVersion=`pnpm dlx commit-and-tag-version --path . -t $MATRIX_PACKAGE@v --dry-run | sed -n '/^---$/,/^---$/p' | grep -P -o '(\d+\.)(\d+\.)(\d)' | head -n 1`
           echo "$nextVersion"
-          echo "NEXT_VERSION=$nextVersion" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "NEXT_VERSION=$nextVersion" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
         working-directory: ${{ steps.get-directory.outputs.directory }}
         env:
           MATRIX_PACKAGE: ${{ matrix.package }}
@@ -192,9 +203,10 @@ jobs:
         if: inputs.dryRun == false
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.PAT }} # # use PAT to being able to push to protected branch later on
+          CHANGELOG: ${{ steps.get_changelog.outputs.CHANGELOG }}
         with:
-          tag: $NEXT_VERSION
-          name: $NEXT_VERSION
+          tag: $MATRIX_PACKAGE@v${{ steps.determine_next_version.outputs.NEXT_VERSION }}
+          name: $MATRIX_PACKAGE@v${{ steps.determine_next_version.outputs.NEXT_VERSION }}
           prerelease: true
           body: |
-            ${{ steps.get_changelog.outputs.changelog }}
+            ${{ env.CHANGELOG }}