diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index 2822486..673ddcd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Extract metadata (tags, labels) for Docker
         id: meta
-        uses: docker/metadata-action@98669ae865ea3cffbcbaa878cf57c20bbf1c6c38
+        uses: docker/metadata-action@v3
         with:
           images: lakhansamani/authorizer
 
@@ -70,5 +70,5 @@ jobs:
           push: true
           tags: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.tags }}
           labels: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.labels }}
-          build-args: |
-            "VERSION=${{ VERSION }}"
+          build-args:
+            - VERSION=${{ basename ${GITHUB_REF}) }}