diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 49e04ee001..4bce9cdd1e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -16,18 +16,18 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Get current date
       id: date
-      run: echo "date=(date +'%Y-%m-%d')" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+      run: echo "date=$(date +'%Y-%m-%d')" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
     - name: Create release branch
-      run: git checkout -b release/${{ steps.date.outputs.date }}
+      run: git checkout -b releases/${{ steps.date.outputs.date }}
 
     - name: Push new branch
-      run: git push origin release/${{ steps.date.outputs.date }}
+      run: git push origin releases/${{ steps.date.outputs.date }}
 
     - name: Create pull request into release
       uses: thomaseizinger/create-pull-request@e3972219c86a56550fb70708d96800d8e24ba862 # 1.3.0
       with:
         GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        head: release/${{ steps.date.outputs.date }}
+        head: releases/${{ steps.date.outputs.date }}
         base: release
         title: Release ${{ steps.date.outputs.date }}