diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 0b7763d..0c01f27 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -73,10 +73,13 @@ jobs:
     - name: Upload to PyPI
       run: |
         twine upload dist/* -u __token__ -p ${{ secrets.PYPI_TOKEN }} --skip-existing
+        this_tag=$(python -c "import eos;print('v'+eos.__version__)")
+        echo "RELEASE_TAG=$this_tag" >> $GITHUB_ENV
     - name: Update Release
       if:  ${{ (github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch') || (contains(fromJson('["all_incl_release"]'), github.event.inputs.build-items)) }}
       uses: actions/gitea-release-action@v1
       with:
+        tag_name: ${{ env.RELEASE_TAG }}
         files: |-
           dist/amor*.tar.gz
 
@@ -115,9 +118,9 @@ jobs:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
     - name: get latest version tag and release note
       run: |
-        this_tag=$(git describe --abbrev=0 --tags)
+        this_tag=$(python -c "import eos;print('v'+eos.__version__)")
         prev_tag=$(git describe --abbrev=0 --tags `git rev-list --tags --skip=1  --max-count=1`)
-        commit_messages==$'Commits since previous release: \n\n'$(git log $this_tag..$prev_tag --pretty=format:"* %s")
+        commit_messages==$'Commits since previous release: \n\n'$(git log $prev_tag..HEAD --pretty=format:"* %s")
         echo "RELEASE_TAG=$this_tag" >> $GITHUB_ENV
         echo "RELEASE_NOTE=$commit_messages" >> $GITHUB_ENV
     - name: Create Release