diff --git a/.forgejo/workflows/release.yaml b/.forgejo/workflows/release.yaml
index 3d28033..40c841a 100644
--- a/.forgejo/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.forgejo/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -41,15 +41,10 @@ jobs:
       - name: Extract version from build.gradle
         id: version
         run: |
-          RAW_VERSION=$(grep versionName app/build.gradle | sed -E 's/.*versionName[[:space:]]+"([^"]+)".*/\1/')
-          CLEAN_VERSION=${RAW_VERSION#v}
-          VERSION_NAME="v$CLEAN_VERSION"
-
-          echo "$VERSION_NAME" > version.txt
-          echo "✅ Detected version: $VERSION_NAME"
-
-          echo "VERSION_NAME=$VERSION_NAME" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
-          echo "TAG_NAME=$VERSION_NAME" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+          VERSION=$(sed -nE 's/^[[:space:]]*versionName[[:space:]]*=[[:space:]]*"([^"]+)"/\1/p' app/build.gradle)
+          VERSION="v${VERSION#v}"  # normalize to vX.Y.Z
+          echo "$VERSION" > version.txt
+          echo "✅ Detected version: $VERSION"
 
       - name: Set up gradle
         run: chmod +x ./gradlew