diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-test.yml b/.github/workflows/release-test.yml
index 4ce4115c..bd5cad4b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-test.yml
@@ -18,21 +18,16 @@ jobs:
           ./scripts/generate-man-page-md.sh
           echo "::set-output name=man-page-md::man.md"
 
-      - name: Get the version
-        id: get_version
-        run: echo ::set-output name=VERSION::${GITHUB_REF/refs\/tags\//}
       - name: Generate man page
         uses: docker://pandoc/core:2.14.2
         id: gen-man-page
-        env:
-          MAN_HEADER: yq (https://github.com/mikefarah/yq/) version ${{ steps.get_version.outputs.VERSION }}
         with:
           args: >-
             --standalone
             --to man
             --variable=title:"YQ"
             --variable=section:"1"
-            --variable=header:"${MAN_HEADER}"
+            --variable=header:"yq (https://github.com/mikefarah/yq/) version ${GITHUB_REF/refs\/tags\//}"
             --variable=author:"Mike Farah"
             --output=yq.1
             ${{ steps.gen-man-page-md.outputs.man-page-md }}