diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index 27b06f8..2ce9e08 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -41,15 +41,15 @@ jobs:
         # something like 202403241909-abcdef01 if we want to use a specific version
         UNIQUE_TAG="$(TZ=UTC0 git log -1 --format=%cd --date=format-local:%Y%m%d%H%M)-$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)"
 
-        ko build ./cmd/{{ matrix.component }} \
+        ko build ./cmd/${{ matrix.component }} \
           --base-import-paths \
           --image-refs=.digest \
           --tags=$GITHUB_REF_NAME,$UNIQUE_TAG
 
         image=$(cat .digest | cut -d'@' -f1 | cut -d':' -f1)
         digest=$(cat .digest| cut -d'@' -f2)
-        echo "{{ matrix.component }}_image=$image" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-        echo "{{ matrix.component }}_digest=$digest" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+        echo "${{ matrix.component }}_image=$image" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+        echo "${{ matrix.component }}_digest=$digest" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
   
   # see https://github.com/slsa-framework/slsa-github-generator/blob/v1.10.0/internal/builders/container/README.md#ko
   provenance: