diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/release-publish.yml
index 07d16c3e998..579441b7e9e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-publish.yml
@@ -137,10 +137,6 @@ jobs:
           -d "Dockerfile-server" \
           ghcr.io/projectnessie/nessie
 
-        # Add version to the openapi file name
-        cp api/model/build/generated/openapi/META-INF/openapi/openapi.yaml api/model/build/nessie-openapi-${RELEASE_VERSION}.yaml
-
-        cp gc/gc-tool/build/executable/nessie-gc gc/gc-tool/build/executable/nessie-gc-${RELEASE_VERSION}
         tools/dockerbuild/build-push-images.sh \
           -a "${ARTIFACTS}" \
           -g ":nessie-gc-tool" \
@@ -148,6 +144,11 @@ jobs:
           -d "Dockerfile-gctool" \
           ghcr.io/projectnessie/nessie-gc
 
+        # Add version to the openapi file name
+        cp api/model/build/generated/openapi/META-INF/openapi/openapi.yaml api/model/build/nessie-openapi-${RELEASE_VERSION}.yaml
+        # Add version to nessie-gc executable (jar)
+        cp gc/gc-tool/build/executable/nessie-gc gc/gc-tool/build/executable/nessie-gc-${RELEASE_VERSION}
+
         echo "QUARKUS_UBER_JAR=${ARTIFACTS}/nessie-quarkus-${RELEASE_VERSION}-runner.jar" >> ${GITHUB_ENV}
         echo "CLI_UBER_JAR=${ARTIFACTS}/nessie-quarkus-cli-${RELEASE_VERSION}-runner.jar" >> ${GITHUB_ENV}
         echo "GC_EXEC=gc/gc-tool/build/executable/nessie-gc-${RELEASE_VERSION}" >> ${GITHUB_ENV}