diff --git a/.github/workflows/upstream-tracker.yml b/.github/workflows/upstream-tracker.yml
index 4c068f603..f3959be5e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/upstream-tracker.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/upstream-tracker.yml
@@ -12,17 +12,22 @@ jobs:
         id: updates
         run: |
           # new PRs
-          OPEN=$(curl https://api.github.com/repos/solana-foundation/solana-improvement-documents/pulls\?state=open\&per_page=100 | jq --arg t "$(date -d '7 days ago' +%s)" -r '.[] | select (.created_at | . == null or fromdateiso8601 > ($t|tonumber)) | "- \(.html_url)"')
-          # macos
-          # OPEN=$(curl https://api.github.com/repos/solana-foundation/solana-improvement-documents/pulls\?state\=open\&per_page\=100 | jq --arg t "$(date -v-7d +%s)" -r '.[] | select (.created_at | . == null or fromdateiso8601 > ($t|tonumber)) | "- \(.html_url)"')
+          {
+            echo 'open<<EOF'
+            curl https://api.github.com/repos/solana-foundation/solana-improvement-documents/pulls\?state=open\&per_page=100 | jq --arg t "$(date -d '7 days ago' +%s)" -r '.[] | select (.created_at | . == null or fromdateiso8601 > ($t|tonumber)) | "- \(.html_url)"'
+            # macos
+            # curl https://api.github.com/repos/solana-foundation/solana-improvement-documents/pulls\?state\=open\&per_page\=100 | jq --arg t "$(date -v-7d +%s)" -r '.[] | select (.created_at | . == null or fromdateiso8601 > ($t|tonumber)) | "- \(.html_url)"'
+            echo EOF
+          } >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
 
           # closed PRs
-          CLOSED=$(curl https://api.github.com/repos/solana-foundation/solana-improvement-documents/pulls\?state=closed\&per_page=100 | jq --arg t "$(date -d '7 days ago' +%s)" -r '.[] | select (.created_at | . == null or fromdateiso8601 > ($t|tonumber)) | "- \(.html_url)"')
-          # macos
-          # CLOSED=$(curl https://api.github.com/repos/solana-foundation/solana-improvement-documents/pulls\?state\=closed\&per_page\=100 | jq --arg t "$(date -v-7d +%s)" -r '.[] | select (.created_at | . == null or fromdateiso8601 > ($t|tonumber)) | "- \(.html_url)"')
-
-          echo "open=$OPEN" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-          echo "closed=$CLOSED" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          {
+            echo 'JSON_RESPONSE<<EOF'
+            curl https://api.github.com/repos/solana-foundation/solana-improvement-documents/pulls\?state=closed\&per_page=100 | jq --arg t "$(date -d '7 days ago' +%s)" -r '.[] | select (.created_at | . == null or fromdateiso8601 > ($t|tonumber)) | "- \(.html_url)"'
+            # macos
+            # curl https://api.github.com/repos/solana-foundation/solana-improvement-documents/pulls\?state\=closed\&per_page\=100 | jq --arg t "$(date -v-7d +%s)" -r '.[] | select (.created_at | . == null or fromdateiso8601 > ($t|tonumber)) | "- \(.html_url)"'
+            echo EOF
+          } >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
         if: steps.updates.outputs.open || steps.updates.outputs.closed
       - name: Open Issue