diff --git a/eng/common/scripts/artifact-metadata-parsing.ps1 b/eng/common/scripts/artifact-metadata-parsing.ps1
index 94e95ca170d..b2ca199d455 100644
--- a/eng/common/scripts/artifact-metadata-parsing.ps1
+++ b/eng/common/scripts/artifact-metadata-parsing.ps1
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ function ParseCppArtifact($pkg, $workingDirectory) {
   return New-Object PSObject -Property @{
     PackageId      = $pkgName
     PackageVersion = $pkgVersion
-    ReleaseTag     = "$($pkgId)_$($pkgVersion)"
+    ReleaseTag     = "${pkgName}_${pkgVersion}"
     # Artifact info is always considered deployable for now becasue it is not
     # deployed anywhere. Dealing with duplicate tags happens downstream in
     # CheckArtifactShaAgainstTagsList