diff --git a/.github/workflows/nightly-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/nightly-publish.yml
index 52a6340e..12f46ca8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nightly-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nightly-publish.yml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Retrieve all commit messages pushed and put in the environment variable GITHUB_COMMITS_TEXT
       run: |
-        echo "GITHUB_COMMITS_TEXT=$(git log --format=%s ${{ github.sha }}..${{ github.event.before }})" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        export GITHUB_COMMITS_TEXT=$(git log --format=%s ${{ github.sha }}..${{ github.event.before }})
 
     # The USERNAME and TOKEN need to correspond to the credentials environment variables used in
     # the publishing section of your build.gradle
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ jobs:
         GITHUB_USERNAME: ${{ github.actor }}
         GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         BUILD_NUMBER: ${{ github.run_number }}
+        GITHUB_COMMITS_TEXT: $GITHUB_COMMITS_TEXT
 
     - name: Delete packages, keep most recent
       uses: actions/delete-package-versions@v4