diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 2bf35890..170cc268 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# GitHub Actions Workflow created for testing and preparing the plugin release in following steps:
+# GitHub Actions Workflow is created for testing and preparing the plugin release in the following steps:
 # - validate Gradle Wrapper,
 # - run 'test' and 'verifyPlugin' tasks,
 # - run Qodana inspections,
@@ -64,14 +64,14 @@ jobs:
           VERSION="$(echo "$PROPERTIES" | grep "^version:" | cut -f2- -d ' ')"
           NAME="$(echo "$PROPERTIES" | grep "^pluginName:" | cut -f2- -d ' ')"
           CHANGELOG="$(./gradlew getChangelog --unreleased --no-header --console=plain -q)"
-          CHANGELOG="${CHANGELOG//'%'/'%25'}"
-          CHANGELOG="${CHANGELOG//$'\n'/'%0A'}"
-          CHANGELOG="${CHANGELOG//$'\r'/'%0D'}"
 
-          echo "::set-output name=version::$VERSION"
-          echo "::set-output name=name::$NAME"
-          echo "::set-output name=changelog::$CHANGELOG"
-          echo "::set-output name=pluginVerifierHomeDir::~/.pluginVerifier"
+          echo "version=$VERSION" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "name=$NAME" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "pluginVerifierHomeDir=~/.pluginVerifier" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          
+          echo "changelog<<EOF" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "$CHANGELOG" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "EOF" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
           ./gradlew listProductsReleases # prepare list of IDEs for Plugin Verifier
 
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ jobs:
           FILENAME=`ls *.zip`
           unzip "$FILENAME" -d content
 
-          echo "::set-output name=filename::${FILENAME:0:-4}"
+          echo "filename=${FILENAME:0:-4}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
       # Store already-built plugin as an artifact for downloading
       - name: Upload artifact
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Fetch Sources
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
-      # Remove old release drafts by using the curl request for the available releases with draft flag
+      # Remove old release drafts by using the curl request for the available releases with a draft flag
       - name: Remove Old Release Drafts
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ jobs:
             --jq '.[] | select(.draft == true) | .id' \
             | xargs -I '{}' gh api -X DELETE repos/{owner}/{repo}/releases/{}
 
-      # Create new release draft - which is not publicly visible and requires manual acceptance
+      # Create a new release draft which is not publicly visible and requires manual acceptance
       - name: Create Release Draft
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index b91aab19..a0801b7a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 name: Release
 on:
   release:
-    types: [prereleased, released]
+    types: [ prereleased, released ]
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs:
       tagName:
@@ -54,11 +54,9 @@ jobs:
           EOM
           )"
           
-          CHANGELOG="${CHANGELOG//'%'/'%25'}"
-          CHANGELOG="${CHANGELOG//$'\n'/'%0A'}"
-          CHANGELOG="${CHANGELOG//$'\r'/'%0D'}"
-
-          echo "::set-output name=changelog::$CHANGELOG"
+          echo "changelog<<EOF" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "$CHANGELOG" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "EOF" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
       # Update Unreleased section with the current release note
       - name: Patch Changelog
@@ -105,18 +103,18 @@ jobs:
           VERSION="${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}"
           BRANCH="changelog-update-$VERSION"
           LABEL="release changelog"
-
+          
           git config user.email "action@github.com"
           git config user.name "GitHub Action"
-
+          
           git checkout -b $BRANCH
           git commit -am "Changelog update - $VERSION"
           git push --set-upstream origin $BRANCH
-
+          
           gh label create "$LABEL" \
             --description "Pull requests with release changelog update" \
             || true
-
+          
           gh pr create \
             --title "Changelog update - \`$VERSION\`" \
             --body "Current pull request contains patched \`CHANGELOG.md\` file for the \`$VERSION\` version." \