diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index b5aec89d..415656cb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: aws sam release
       run: make release-all
       env:
-        TAG: fromJSON('{"workflow_dispatch": "latest", "push": "beta"}')[github.event_name]
+        TAG: ${{ fromJSON('{"workflow_dispatch": "latest", "push": "beta"}')[github.event_name] }}
         VERSION: ${{ needs.github-release.outputs.VERSION }}
         AWS_REGION: ${{ matrix.region }}