diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 47d1d9c..54350f7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -48,16 +48,6 @@ jobs:
           repository: ${{ inputs.repo }}/reva
           path: reva
           ref: ${{ inputs.branch }}
-      - name: Bump version in spec file
-        run: |
-          export GOPATH=$(pwd)/go
-          export PATH=$PATH:$GOPATH/bin
-          cd reva
-          export REVAVER="Reva commit $(git rev-parse --short HEAD) at ${{ inputs.repo }}/${{ inputs.branch }}"
-          cd ../reva-release
-          go run prepare_release.go -author "cernbox-admins[bot]" -email "cernbox-admins@cern.ch" -reva-version "$REVAVER"
-          echo "version=$(awk '$1 == "Version:" {print $2}' cernbox-revad.spec)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-          echo "Reva version is "\""$REVAVER"\"
       - name: Copy necessary files for building the RPMs
         run: |
           cp reva-release/Makefile reva/Makefile.rpm
@@ -97,9 +87,12 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           export GOPATH=$(pwd)/go
           export PATH=$PATH:$GOPATH/bin
-          cd reva-release
-          go run prepare_release.go -author "cernbox-admins[bot]" -email "cernbox-admins@cern.ch"
+          cd reva
+          export REVAVER="Reva commit $(git rev-parse --short HEAD) at ${{ inputs.repo }}/${{ inputs.branch }}"
+          cd ../reva-release
+          go run prepare_release.go -author "cernbox-admins[bot]" -email "cernbox-admins@cern.ch" -reva-version "$REVAVER"
           echo "version=$(awk '$1 == "Version:" {print $2}' cernbox-revad.spec)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "Reva version is "\""$REVAVER"\"
       - name: Push version
         uses: stefanzweifel/git-auto-commit-action@v4
         with: