diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index 18370a7..92e5db6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -39,25 +39,26 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Bump version (automatic)
         if: ${{ !inputs.force_version }}
+        id: auto_version
         run: |
           semantic-release version --no-push --no-commit
+          VERSION=$(python -c "import tomllib; print(tomllib.load(open('pyproject.toml', 'rb'))['project']['version'])")
+          echo "version=$VERSION" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
       - name: Bump version (forced)
         if: ${{ inputs.force_version }}
+        id: forced_version
         run: |
           sed -i 's/^version = ".*"/version = "${{ inputs.force_version }}"/' pyproject.toml
-
-      - name: Get version
-        id: version
-        run: |
-          VERSION=$(grep '^version = "' pyproject.toml | cut -d'"' -f2)
-          echo "version=$VERSION" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "version=${{ inputs.force_version }}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
       - name: Commit and tag
+        env:
+          VERSION: ${{ steps.forced_version.outputs.version || steps.auto_version.outputs.version }}
         run: |
           git add pyproject.toml CHANGELOG.md 2>/dev/null || git add pyproject.toml
-          git commit -m "chore(release): bump version to ${{ steps.version.outputs.version }}" || echo "No changes to commit"
-          git tag -a "v${{ steps.version.outputs.version }}" -m "Release v${{ steps.version.outputs.version }}"
+          git commit -m "chore(release): bump version to $VERSION" || echo "No changes to commit"
+          git tag -a "v$VERSION" -m "Release v$VERSION"
           git push origin main --tags
 
       - uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v3
@@ -71,6 +72,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Create GitHub Release
         uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
         with:
-          tag_name: v${{ steps.version.outputs.version }}
+          tag_name: v${{ steps.forced_version.outputs.version || steps.auto_version.outputs.version }}
           generate_release_notes: true
           files: dist/*