diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index fc2a525a..9cdb8169 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -15,21 +15,22 @@ jobs:
           registry-url: https://registry.npmjs.org
       - run: npm ci
       # Get the 'version' field out of the package.json file
-      - run: echo "version=$(cat package.json | jq '.version' --raw-output)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+      - name: Get package.json version
         id: package-json-version
+        run: echo "version=$(cat package.json | jq '.version' --raw-output)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
       # Abort if the version in the package.json file (prefixed with 'v') doesn't match the tag name of the release
       - name: Check package.json version against tag name
-        if: ${{ format('v{0}', steps.package-json-version.outputs.version) }} != ${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}
+        if: format('v{0}', steps.package-json-version.outputs.version) != github.event.release.tag_name
         uses: actions/github-script@v3
         with:
             script: core.setFailed('Release tag does not match package.json version!')
       # Abort if this is a pre-release and the version in the package.json file doesn't contain a '-' to indicate that (e.g. v2.0.0-beta.1), or vice-versa
       - name: Check package.json version against pre-release
-        if: ${{ contains(steps.package-json-version.outputs.version, '-') }} != ${{ github.event.release.prerelease }}
+        if: contains(steps.package-json-version.outputs.version, '-') != github.event.release.prerelease
         uses: actions/github-script@v3
         with:
             script: core.setFailed('Stability of release tag does not match package.json version!')
       # If this is a pre-release, publish it to NPM under the 'next' tag (default is 'latest')
-      - run: npm publish ${{ github.event.release.prerelease && '--tag=next' || '' }}
+      - run: npm publish ${{ github.event.release.prerelease && '--tag next' || '' }}
         env:
           NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}