diff --git a/.github/workflows/create_release_commit.yml b/.github/workflows/create_release_commit.yml
index 66c64ce..e11200f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/create_release_commit.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/create_release_commit.yml
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@ jobs:
           TODAY=$( date -u '+%Y-%m-%d' )
           echo "${{inputs.version_name}} : $TODAY" >> RDM_version_history.txt
           FILE_TO_COMMIT=RDM_version_history.txt
-          export MESSAGE="CI_COMMIT_MESSAGE"
-          export SHA=$( git rev-parse master:$FILE_TO_COMMIT )
-          export CONTENT=$( base64 -i $FILE_TO_COMMIT )
+          MESSAGE="$CI_COMMIT_MESSAGE"
+          SHA=$( git rev-parse master:$FILE_TO_COMMIT )
+          CONTENT=$( base64 -i $FILE_TO_COMMIT )
           gh api --method PUT /repos/:owner/:repo/contents/$FILE_TO_COMMIT \
             --field message="$MESSAGE" \
             --field content="$CONTENT" \
@@ -35,8 +35,7 @@ jobs:
             --field sha="$SHA"
             
           gh api --method POST /repos/:owner/:repo/git/tags \
-            --field tag="${{inputs.version_name}}" \
-            --field message="$CONTENT" \
-            --field encoding="base64" \
+            --field tag="v0.0.1" \
+            --field message="$CI_COMMIT_MESSAGE" \
             --field type="commit" \
             --field object="$SHA"