diff --git a/.github/workflows/ui-release-trigger.yml b/.github/workflows/ui-release-trigger.yml
index 324d04801..2d20572ea 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ui-release-trigger.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ui-release-trigger.yml
@@ -9,12 +9,12 @@ jobs:
   trigger-circleci-release:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@master
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
       - name: Trigger Release job
-        env:
-          TAG: ${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}
         run: |
+          echo "Triggering release with a TAG ${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/}"
+
           curl -u ${{ secrets.CIRCLE_TOKEN }}: -X POST --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
-          -d '{ "branch": "main", "parameters": {"TAG": "'${TAG}'" }}' \
+          -d '{ "branch": "main", "parameters": {"TAG": "${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/}" }}' \
           https://circleci.com/api/v2/project/github/hashicorp/boundary-ui-releases/pipeline
+