diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index 61c3626fe..9c0ea29c7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -22,13 +22,12 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
           python-version: '3.9'
-          cache: 'pip'
       
       - name: Get latest aries-cloudagent version
         id: current_available_version
         run: |
           remote_version=$(pip index versions aries-cloudagent)
-          version=$(grep -oP '(?<=Available versions: ).*?(?=,)' <<< '$remote_version')
+          version=$(grep -oP '(?<=Available versions: ).*?(?=,)' <<< "$remote_version")
           echo "Remote version = $version"
 
       - name: Get global aries-cloudagent version from plugins repo