diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-package.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-package.yml
index 6a1499ecb..21bcf2815 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-package.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-package.yml
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ jobs:
             --attest type=sbom \
             --attest type=provenance,mode=max \
             --platform linux/amd64,linux/arm64,linux/arm/v7 \
-            --build-arg LDFLAGS="-X github.com/ratify-project/ratify/internal/version.Version=$(TAG)" \
+            --build-arg LDFLAGS="-X github.com/ratify-project/ratify/internal/version.Version=$TAG" \
             --label org.opencontainers.image.revision=${{ github.sha }} \
             -t ${{ steps.prepare.outputs.baseref }} \
             --push .
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ jobs:
             --build-arg build_licensechecker=true \
             --build-arg build_schemavalidator=true \
             --build-arg build_vulnerabilityreport=true \
-            --build-arg LDFLAGS="-X github.com/ratify-project/ratify/internal/version.Version=$(TAG)" \
+            --build-arg LDFLAGS="-X github.com/ratify-project/ratify/internal/version.Version=$TAG" \
             --label org.opencontainers.image.revision=${{ github.sha }} \
             -t ${{ steps.prepare.outputs.ref }} \
             --push .