diff --git a/.github/workflows/reusable-operator-hub-release.yaml b/.github/workflows/reusable-operator-hub-release.yaml
index 620bb4dd8..7bd89d574 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/reusable-operator-hub-release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/reusable-operator-hub-release.yaml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Determine operator version to release
         id: operator-version
-        run: echo "version=${BRANCH#"releases/"}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+        run: echo "version=$(grep -Eo '## [0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+' CHANGELOG.md | head -n 1 | awk '{print $2}')" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
         env:
           BRANCH: ${{ inputs.branch }}