diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index 1c0fba5ab3..1d21cabf5a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -29,10 +29,12 @@ jobs:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
       - id: get_commit_message
+        env:
+          COMMIT_MESSAGE: ${{ github.event.head_commit.message }}
         run: |
-          if [ -n "${{ github.event.head_commit.message }}" ]
+          if [ -n "$COMMIT_MESSAGE" ]
           then
-            echo "commit-message=${{ github.event.head_commit.message }}" | head -n 1 >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+            printf 'commit-message=%s\n' "$COMMIT_MESSAGE" | head -n 1 >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
           else
             commit_message=$(git log -1 --pretty=%B | head -n 1)
             echo "commit-message=$commit_message" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"