diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 294b723..f7a3440 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ jobs:
   release-ci:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     outputs:
-      VERSION: ${{ steps.get_metadata.outputs.VERSION }}
+      version: ${{ steps.get_metadata.outputs.version }}
+      tag: ${{ steps.get_metadata.outputs.tag }}
+      to_release: ${{ steps.newtag.outputs.to_release }}
 
     steps:
       - name: Local checkout
@@ -24,8 +26,8 @@ jobs:
         id: get_metadata
         run: |
           cmake --fresh -B build -S .
-          echo "TAG=v$(cat build/version)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          echo "VERSION=$(cat build/version)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "tag=v$(cat build/version)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "version=$(cat build/version)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
       - name: Check if package version has corresponding git tag
         id: tagged
@@ -33,15 +35,17 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           git show-ref \
             --tags --verify --quiet -- \
-            "refs/tags/${{ steps.get_metadata.outputs.TAG }}" \
+            "refs/tags/${{ steps.get_metadata.outputs.tag }}" \
           && echo tagged=1 >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT \
           || echo tagged=0 >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
-      - name: Create new tag
+      - name: Create new tag and set to_release
+        id: newtag
         if: steps.tagged.outputs.tagged == 0
         run: |
-          git tag ${{ steps.get_metadata.outputs.TAG }} \
-          && git push origin ${{ steps.get_metadata.outputs.TAG  }} \
+          git tag ${{ steps.get_metadata.outputs.tag }} \
+          && echo to_release=1 >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT \
+          && git push origin ${{ steps.get_metadata.outputs.tag  }} \
           || exit 0
 
   build-fedora:
@@ -49,4 +53,6 @@ jobs:
     uses: ./.github/workflows/fedora.yml
     with:
       containers: "['fedora:latest', 'fedora:41']"
-      version: ${{ needs.release-ci.outputs.VERSION }}
+      version: ${{ needs.release-ci.outputs.version }}
+      to_release: ${{ needs.release-ci.outputs.to_release }}
+      tag: ${{ needs.release-ci.outputs.tag }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/fedora.yml b/.github/workflows/fedora.yml
index 6055449..3ecfcca 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/fedora.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/fedora.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,16 @@ on:
       version:
         required: false
         type: string
+      to_release:
+        required: false
+        type: string
+      tag:
+        required: false
+        type: string
+
+defaults:
+  run:
+    shell: bash
 
 jobs:
   build:
@@ -60,20 +70,11 @@ jobs:
           dnf -y builddep ~/rpmbuild/SPECS/${PKG_NAME}.spec
           rpmbuild -ba ~/rpmbuild/SPECS/${PKG_NAME}.spec
 
-      - name: Check if package version has corresponding git tag
-        id: tagged
-        shell: bash
-        run: |
-          git show-ref \
-            --tags --verify --quiet -- \
-            "refs/tags/${NEW_TAG}" \
-          && echo tagged=1 >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT \
-          || echo tagged=0 >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-
       - name: Create GitHub Release
         uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
-        if: github.ref_type == 'tag' && steps.tagged.output.tagged == 1
+        if: inputs.to_release == 1
         with:
+          tag_name: ${{ inputs.tag }}
           files: |
             ~/rpmbuild/RPMS/*/*.rpm
             ~/rpmbuild/SRPMS/*.rpm