diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index fa841f0..1142921 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -29,10 +29,6 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           tag="${{ github.ref_name }}"
           echo "release-version=${tag#v}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-      - name: get_release_version -- saves to github output context
-        run: |
-          tag="${{ github.ref_name }}"
-          echo "release-version=${tag#v}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
       - name: Update codemeta.json version
         uses: jossef/action-set-json-field@v2.1
         with:
@@ -60,7 +56,6 @@ jobs:
           git checkout ${{ github.ref_name }}
           git branch -D ${{ github.ref_name }}-branch
       # - name: Run GoReleaser
-      #   if: ${{ success() }}
       #   uses: goreleaser/goreleaser-action@v5
       #   with:
       #     distribution: goreleaser
@@ -70,9 +65,12 @@ jobs:
       #     # need to push to cacoco/homebrew-tap; use CACOCO_TOKEN instead of default GITHUB_TOKEN
       #     GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CACOCO_TOKEN }} 
       #     GPG_FINGERPRINT: ${{ steps.import_gpg.outputs.fingerprint }}
+      - name: get_release_version -- saves to github output context
+        run: |
+          tag="${{ github.ref_name }}"
+          echo "release-version=${tag#v}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
   call-codemeta-version:
     needs: [goreleaser]
-    if: always()
     uses: ./.github/workflows/codemeta-version.yaml
     with:
       release-version: ${{ needs.goreleaser.outputs.release-version }}