diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yaml b/.github/workflows/publish.yaml
index 6ca87b51..dbb627e2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yaml
@@ -21,10 +21,9 @@ jobs:
           check-latest: true
       - run: PATH=$PATH:$GOPATH/bin make test
 
-  publish-helm:
+  publish:
     name: Publish helm chart
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: test
     outputs:
       version: ${{ steps.release.outputs.chart_version }}
     steps:
@@ -49,9 +48,9 @@ jobs:
   publish-docker:
     name: Build and push agent container
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
-    needs: publish-helm
+    needs: [test, publish]
     env:
-      VERSION: ${{ needs.publish-helm.outputs.version }}
+      VERSION: ${{ needs.publish.outputs.version }}
     permissions:
       contents: 'read'
       id-token: 'write'
@@ -70,7 +69,7 @@ jobs:
           ghcr.io/pluralsh/deployment-operator
         # generate Docker tags based on the following events/attributes
         tags: |
-          type=semver,pattern={{version}},value=$VERSION
+          type=semver,pattern={{version}},value=${{VERSION}}
     - name: Set up QEMU
       uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v2
     - name: Set up Docker Buildx