diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index ea5ecc3..dd0aefe 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -10,11 +10,6 @@ on:
       commit:
         description: Commit to be released
         required: false
-      rc:
-        description: "release candidate"
-        required: false
-        default: false
-        type: boolean
 
 defaults:
   run:
@@ -27,7 +22,6 @@ concurrency:
 env:
   VERSION: "${{ github.event.inputs.version }}"
   COMMIT: "${{ github.event.inputs.commit }}"
-  RELEASE_CANDIDATE: "${{ github.event.inputs.rc }}"
 
 jobs:
   test:
@@ -76,6 +70,8 @@ jobs:
     environment: staging
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs: test
+    env:
+      PACKAGE_NAME: "logsmith_linux_${VERSION}.zip"
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
@@ -83,14 +79,6 @@ jobs:
         with:
           ref: ${{ env.COMMIT }}
 
-      - name: Set package name
-        run: |
-          if [ "${{ env.RELEASE_CANDIDATE }}" = "true" ]; then
-            export PACKAGE_NAME="logsmith_linux_${VERSION}-rc.zip" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-          else
-            export PACKAGE_NAME="logsmith_linux_${VERSION}.zip" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-          fi
-
       - name: Setup Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
@@ -98,7 +86,6 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup Project
         run: |
-          sudo apt-get install libxcb-cursor0 libxcb-xinerama0 libxcb-xkb1 libxkbcommon-x11-0
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
           pip install -r requirements.txt
 
@@ -115,17 +102,10 @@ jobs:
             commit=${GITHUB_SHA}
           fi
           
-          if [ "${{ env.RELEASE_CANDIDATE }}" = "true" ]; then
-            version="${VERSION}-rc"
-          else
-            version="${VERSION}"
-          fi
-          
-          
           pip install requests
           ./ci/release.py \
             --repository "${{ github.repository }}" \
-            --version "${version}" \
+            --version "${{ env.VERSION }}" \
             --commit "${commit}" \
             --token "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}" \
             --asset "${{ env.PACKAGE_NAME }}"
@@ -135,6 +115,8 @@ jobs:
     environment: staging
     runs-on: macos-latest
     needs: test
+    env:
+      PACKAGE_NAME: "logsmith_darwin_${VERSION}.zip"
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
@@ -142,14 +124,6 @@ jobs:
         with:
           ref: ${{ env.COMMIT }}
 
-      - name: Set package name
-        run: |
-          if [ "${{ env.RELEASE_CANDIDATE }}" = "true" ]; then
-            export PACKAGE_NAME="logsmith_darwin_${VERSION}-rc.zip" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-          else
-            export PACKAGE_NAME="logsmith_darwin_${VERSION}.zip" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-          fi
-
       - name: Setup Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
@@ -173,16 +147,10 @@ jobs:
             commit=${GITHUB_SHA}
           fi
           
-          if [ "${{ env.RELEASE_CANDIDATE }}" = "true" ]; then
-            version="${VERSION}-rc"
-          else
-            version="${VERSION}"
-          fi
-          
           pip install requests
           ./ci/release.py \
             --repository "${{ github.repository }}" \
-            --version "${version}" \
+            --version "${{ env.VERSION }}" \
             --commit "${commit}" \
             --token "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}" \
             --asset "${{ env.PACKAGE_NAME }}"