diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index ee4cfb1..b97dc55 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -49,9 +49,9 @@ release:
       when: never                                  # Do not run this job when a tag is created manually
     - if: $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == $CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH  # Run this job when commits are pushed or merged to the default branch
   script:
-    - echo "running release for v1-$CI_COMMIT_TAG"
+    - echo "running release for v1-$CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA"
   release:
-    name: 'Release v1-$CI_COMMIT_TAG'
+    name: 'Release v1-$CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA'
     description: 'Created using the release-cli $EXTRA_DESCRIPTION'  # $EXTRA_DESCRIPTION and the $TAG
-    tag_name: 'v1-$CI_COMMIT_TAG'                                    # variables must be defined elsewhere
+    tag_name: 'v1-$CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA'                                    # variables must be defined elsewhere
     ref: '$CI_COMMIT_SHA'                                            # in the pipeline. For example, in the
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