diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index f51f221..c3b6631 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -38,5 +38,5 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           cd debian/artifacts
           for _f in mimic*.deb; do sudo mv "$_f" "Ubuntu-24.04_$_f"; done
-          gh release upload ${{ github.ref }} *.deb
+          gh release upload $(sed 's|refs/tags/||' <(echo ${{ github.ref }})) *.deb