diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 0171b73..fdaaf6a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -72,6 +72,13 @@ jobs:
       - config
       - check
     steps:
+      - name: Define package name
+        id: vars
+        run: |
+          set -eux
+          PACKAGE_NAME=$(cat pyproject.toml | grep -xoE "name = \"(.*?)\"" | sed -r 's/name = "(.*?)"/\1/')
+          echo "package_name=${PACKAGE_NAME}_${{ needs.config.outputs.version_or_latest }}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+
       - name: Check out the repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
@@ -94,17 +101,10 @@ jobs:
           set -eux
           sed -i "s/version = "999.999.999"/version = \"${{ needs.config.outputs.version_or_latest }}\"/" pyproject.toml
 
-      - name: Extract package name
-        id: package_name
-        run: |
-          set -eux
-          PACKAGE_NAME=$(cat pyproject.toml | grep -xoE "name = \"(.*?)\"" | sed -r 's/name = "(.*?)"/\1/')
-          echo "package_name=${PACKAGE_NAME}_${{ needs.config.outputs.version_or_latest }}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-
       - name: Packaging
         run: |
           set -eux
-          zip -r "${{ steps.package_name.output.package_name }}.zip" src/
+          zip -r "${{ steps.vars.output.package_name }}.zip" src/
 
       - name: Create release
         if: needs.config.outputs.version != ''
@@ -115,6 +115,6 @@ jobs:
           token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           tag: ${{ needs.config.outputs.version }}
           artifacts: >
-            ${{ steps.package_name.output.package_name }}.zip
+            ${{ steps.vars.output.package_name }}.zip
           commit: ${{ github.sha }}
           body: ${{ steps.tag_version.outputs.changelog }}