diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
index 5a6c315..48b07a2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     outputs:
       release_created: ${{ steps.release.outputs.release_created }}
+      release_version: ${{ steps.release.outputs.major }}.${{ steps.release.outputs.minor }}.${{ steps.release.outputs.patch }}
     steps:
       - name: Extract Branch Name
         shell: bash
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ jobs:
   post-release-to-prod:
     name: Post release actions
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: [release-please, release-to-prod]
+    needs: [release-please, production-release]
     if: ${{ needs.release-please.outputs.release_created }}
     steps:
       - name: Delete Release Branch
@@ -64,7 +65,7 @@ jobs:
           channel-id: ${{ secrets.SLACK_RELEASE_CHANNEL_ID }}
           payload: |
             {
-              "text": "*<${{env.RELEASES_URL}}v${{ steps.extract-version.outputs.release_version }}|v${{ steps.extract-version.outputs.release_version }}>*\nCC: <@U03KG4BK1L1> <@U01LVJ30QEB> <@U01FG952S8Y>",
+              "text": "*<${{env.RELEASES_URL}}v${{ needs.release-please.outputs.release_version }}>*\nCC: <@U03KG4BK1L1> <@U01LVJ30QEB> <@U01FG952S8Y>",
               "blocks": [
                 {
                   "type": "header",