diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-cd.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-cd.yml
index 2de57b57..636e1dfe 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-cd.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-cd.yml
@@ -246,6 +246,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           file: 'stacker-zxp.yaml'
           build-args: |
+            RELEASE_TAG=${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}
             COMMIT=${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}-${{ github.sha }}
             OS=${{ matrix.os }}
             ARCH=${{ matrix.arch }}
@@ -291,6 +292,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           file: 'stacker-zb.yaml'
           build-args: |
+            RELEASE_TAG=${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}
             COMMIT=${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}-${{ github.sha }}
             OS=${{ matrix.os }}
             ARCH=${{ matrix.arch }}
diff --git a/stacker.yaml b/stacker.yaml
index 3a229e24..566b9782 100644
--- a/stacker.yaml
+++ b/stacker.yaml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ build:
     cd /go/src/github.com/project-zot
     git clone /zotcopy zot
     cd /go/src/github.com/project-zot/zot
-    make COMMIT=${{COMMIT}} OS=${{OS}} ARCH=${{ARCH}} RELEASE_TAG=&{{RELEASE_TAG}} clean binary${{EXT:}}
+    make COMMIT=${{COMMIT}} OS=${{OS}} ARCH=${{ARCH}} RELEASE_TAG=${{RELEASE_TAG}} clean binary${{EXT:}}
     cat > config.json << EOF
     {
       "storage":{