diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e75f5ac4da..5e3189edaa 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 - Remove obsolete editor settings in `devcontainer.json` and `gitpod.yml` ([#2795](https://github.com/nf-core/tools/pull/2795))
 - Add nf-test test instructions to contributing and PR template ([#2807](https://github.com/nf-core/tools/pull/2807))
+- Fix topic extraction step for hashtags in toots ([#2810](https://github.com/nf-core/tools/pull/2810))
 - Update modules and subworkflows in the template ([#2811](https://github.com/nf-core/tools/pull/2811))
 - Unpin setup-nextflow and action-tower-launch ([#2806](https://github.com/nf-core/tools/pull/2806))
 
diff --git a/nf_core/pipeline-template/.github/workflows/release-announcements.yml b/nf_core/pipeline-template/.github/workflows/release-announcements.yml
index 6d11280ae8..58ef1731f7 100644
--- a/nf_core/pipeline-template/.github/workflows/release-announcements.yml
+++ b/nf_core/pipeline-template/.github/workflows/release-announcements.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: get topics and convert to hashtags
         id: get_topics
         run: |
-          curl -s https://nf-co.re/pipelines.json | jq -r '.remote_workflows[] | select(.name == "${{ github.repository }}") | .topics[]' | awk '{print "#"$0}' | tr '\n' ' ' > $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          curl -s https://nf-co.re/pipelines.json | jq -r '.remote_workflows[] | select(.full_name == "${{ github.repository }}") | .topics[]' | awk '{print "#"$0}' | tr '\n' ' ' >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
       - uses: rzr/fediverse-action@master
         with: