diff --git a/.github/workflows/dev-release.yml b/.github/workflows/dev-release.yml
index 80ccedf6..41d5ccf8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dev-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dev-release.yml
@@ -24,19 +24,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout repository
         uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
         with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
-      
-      # - name: Check version format
-      #   run: |
-      #     version="$INPUT_VERSION"
-          
-      #     # Check if version is in format number.number.number.dev
-      #     if ! [[ $version =~ ^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?\.dev[0-9]+$ ]]; then
-      #       echo "Invalid version format. It should be in format 'number.number.number.dev'."
-      #       exit 1
-      #     fi
-      #   env:
-      #     INPUT_VERSION: ${{ github.event.inputs.version }}        
+          fetch-depth: 0  
     
       - name: Check-out base branch
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-artifacts.yml b/.github/workflows/release-artifacts.yml
index 79299915..1fa9b515 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-artifacts.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-artifacts.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   define-release-version:
-    name: Release Artifacts Docker
+    name: Define Release Version
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
 
     outputs:
@@ -121,13 +121,13 @@ jobs:
   release-artifact-slack-notifications:
     name: Release Analytics Artifact Slack Notifications
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
-    needs: [define-release-version, release-artifacts-docker, release-artifacts-pypi]
+    needs: [define-release-version, release-artifacts-docker, release-artifacts-pypi, release-atifacts-publish-release]
 
     if: always()  # Ensures this job runs regardless of the result of previous jobs
 
     steps:
       - name: Notify Slack of successful release 💬
-        if: ${{ needs.build_docker_image.result == 'success' && needs.deploy.result == 'success' }}
+        if: ${{ needs.release-artifacts-docker.result == 'success' && needs.release-artifacts-pypi.result == 'success' }}
         uses: slackapi/slack-github-action@6c661ce58804a1a20f6dc5fbee7f0381b469e001 #v 1.25.0
         with:
           # Send notification to #release slack channel
@@ -137,11 +137,11 @@ jobs:
           SLACK_BOT_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.SLACK_BOT_TOKEN }}
 
       - name: Notify Slack of unsuccessful release ⛔️
-        if: ${{ needs.build_docker_image.result != 'success' || needs.deploy.result != 'success' }}
+        if: ${{ needs.release-artifacts-docker.result == 'success' && needs.release-artifacts-pypi.result == 'success' }}
         uses: slackapi/slack-github-action@6c661ce58804a1a20f6dc5fbee7f0381b469e001 #v 1.25.0
         with:
           # Send notification to #devtribe slack channel
           channel-id: "C061J0LGHU0"
           slack-message: ":broken_heart: *Rasa SDK* release version `${{ needs.define-release-version.outputs.version }}` has failed! More information can be found <https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}/actions/runs/${{ github.run_id }}|here>."
         env:
-          SLACK_BOT_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.SLACK_BOT_TOKEN }}
+          SLACK_BOT_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.SLACK_BOT_TOKEN }}
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