diff --git a/.github/workflows/delete.yml b/.github/workflows/delete.yml
index 4acc0f2..dd6a7c7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/delete.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/delete.yml
@@ -9,24 +9,23 @@ on:
       tag_pattern:
         description: 'Wildcard pattern for Docker tags to delete'
         required: true
-        default: "^branch-name.*"
+        default: "branch-name"
 
 jobs:
   find-images:
     name: Find docker images needing deleted
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     outputs:
-      dockerFiles: ${{ steps.images.outputs.images }}
+      images: ${{ steps.images.outputs.images }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Find docker files
         id: images
         run: |
-          dockerFiles=$(find examples -name Dockerfile | jq -c --raw-input --slurp 'split("\n")| .[0:-1]')
-          images=$(echo "$dockerFiles" | jq -r '.[]' | \
+          images=$(find examples -name Dockerfile | jq -c --raw-input --slurp 'split("\n")| .[0:-1]' | jq -r '.[]' | \
             awk -F'/' '{print "scyllaridae-" $2}' | \
-            jq -R -s '. | split("\n") | .[0:-1] | . + ["scyllaridae"]')
+            jq -c -R -s '. | split("\n") | .[0:-1] | . + ["scyllaridae"]')
           echo "images=$images" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
   delete-docker-tags:
@@ -36,6 +35,7 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         image: ${{ fromJson(needs.find-images.outputs.images )}}
       max-parallel: 1 # go easy on the dockerhub API
+      fail-fast: false
     steps:
       - name: checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ jobs:
         run: ./ci/delete-tags.sh
         env:
           DOCKER_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_USERNAME }}
-          DOCKER_ACCESS_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_ACCESS_TOKEN }}
+          DOCKER_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_PASSWORD }}
           DOCKER_REPOSITORY: "lehighlts"
           DOCKER_IMAGE: ${{ matrix.image }}
           TAG_PATTERN: "^${{ github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && github.event.inputs.tag_pattern || github.ref_name }}.*"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint-test-build.yml b/.github/workflows/lint-test-build.yml
index 01b1660..13d0878 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint-test-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint-test-build.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ on:
     paths-ignore:
       - '**/*.md'
       - 'ci/**'
+      - '.github/workflows/delete.yml'
     tags:
       - '*'
     branches:
diff --git a/ci/delete-tags.sh b/ci/delete-tags.sh
index d117540..bf655a4 100755
--- a/ci/delete-tags.sh
+++ b/ci/delete-tags.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ fi
 
 echo "Deleting tags matching pattern '$TAG_PATTERN' in repository ${DOCKER_IMAGE}"
 
-curl -s -o response.json -u "${DOCKER_USERNAME}:${DOCKER_ACCESS_TOKEN}" "https://hub.docker.com/v2/repositories/${DOCKER_REPOSITORY}/${DOCKER_IMAGE}/tags?page_size=100"
+curl -s -o response.json -u "${DOCKER_USERNAME}:${DOCKER_PASSWORD}" "https://hub.docker.com/v2/repositories/${DOCKER_REPOSITORY}/${DOCKER_IMAGE}/tags?page_size=100"
 TAGS=$(jq -r '.results[].name' response.json)
 if [ -z "$TAGS" ] || [ "$TAGS" = "null" ]; then
   echo "No tags found or failed to retrieve tags."
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ fi
 
 curl -s -o token.json -XPOST \
   -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-  -d '{"username": "'"${DOCKER_USERNAME}"'", "password": "'"${DOCKER_ACCESS_TOKEN}"'"}' \
+  -d '{"username": "'"${DOCKER_USERNAME}"'", "password": "'"${DOCKER_PASSWORD}"'"}' \
   "https://hub.docker.com/v2/users/login"
 
 TOKEN=$(jq -r .token token.json)