From 589d01bc50f6e75fb10cd43baa5b1ea72a855709 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeffrey Patton <jeffrey@patton-tech.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2026 14:42:33 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Fixes #15: Guardrail fallback to env.VERSION when action
 output is empty

---
 .github/workflows/release.yml | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index b460043..8f5ced2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
           $milestoneTitle = '${{ github.event.milestone.title }}'.Trim()
-          $version = '${{ steps.get_version.outputs.version }}'.Trim()
+          $version = '${{ env.VERSION }}'.Trim()
 
           if ([string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($milestoneTitle)) {
             throw "Milestone title is empty. Refusing to create release."