diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index 01a5b14eac7..88b1e9b98c7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -28,29 +28,28 @@ jobs:
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
       - name: Get changed files
-        id: changed-files
+        id: changed-markdown-files
         uses: tj-actions/changed-files@800a2825992141ddde1a8bca8ad394cec34d3188 # tag=v42.0.5
         with:
-          files: |
-            'CHANGELOG/**.md'
+          files: CHANGELOG/**.md
       - name: Get release version
         id: release-version
         run: |
-            if [[ ${{ steps.changed-files.outputs.all_changed_files_count }} != 1 ]]; then
-              echo "1 release notes file should be changed to create a release tag, found ${{ steps.changed-files.outputs.all_changed_files_count }}"
+            if [[ ${{ steps.changed-markdown-files.outputs.all_changed_files_count }} != 1 ]]; then
+              echo "1 release notes file should be changed to create a release tag, found ${{ steps.changed-markdown-files.outputs.all_changed_files_count }}"
               exit 1
             fi
-            for changed_file in ${{ steps.changed-files.outputs.all_changed_files }}; do
-              export RELEASE_VERSION=$(echo "${changed_file}" | grep -oP '(?<=/)[^/]+(?=\.md)')
-              echo "RELEASE_VERSION=$RELEASE_VERSION" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-              echo "RELEASE_VERSION=$RELEASE_VERSION" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-              if [[ "$RELEASE_VERSION" =~ ^v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(-[0-9A-Za-z-]+(\.[0-9A-Za-z-]+)*)?(\+[0-9A-Za-z-]+(\.[0-9A-Za-z-]+)*)?$ ]]; then
-                echo "Valid semver: $RELEASE_VERSION"
-              else
-                echo "Invalid semver: $RELEASE_VERSION"
-                exit 1
-              fi
-            done
+            for changed_file in ${{ steps.changed-markdown-files.outputs.all_changed_files }}; do
+            export RELEASE_VERSION=$(echo "${changed_file}" | grep -oP '(?<=/)[^/]+(?=\.md)')
+            echo "RELEASE_VERSION=$RELEASE_VERSION" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+            echo "RELEASE_VERSION=$RELEASE_VERSION" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+            if [[ "$RELEASE_VERSION" =~ ^v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(-[0-9A-Za-z-]+(\.[0-9A-Za-z-]+)*)?(\+[0-9A-Za-z-]+(\.[0-9A-Za-z-]+)*)?$ ]]; then
+              echo "Valid semver: $RELEASE_VERSION"
+            else
+              echo "Invalid semver: $RELEASE_VERSION"
+              exit 1
+            fi
+          done
       - name: Determine the release branch to use
         run: |
             if [[ $RELEASE_VERSION =~ beta ]] || [[ $RELEASE_VERSION =~ alpha ]]; then