diff --git a/.github/workflows/release_info.sh b/.github/workflows/release_info.sh
index 0cadf01b76..3c3a158aa5 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/release_info.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/release_info.sh
@@ -1,20 +1,24 @@
 #!/bin/bash -x
 
-# Only look to the latest release to determine the previous tag -- this allows us to skip unsupported tag formats (like `version-1.0.0`)
-export PREVIOUS_TAG=`curl --silent "https://api.github.com/repos/$1/releases/latest" | grep '"tag_name":' | sed -E 's/.*"([^"]+)".*/\1/'`
-echo "PREVIOUS_TAG=$PREVIOUS_TAG"
-export NEW_TAG=${GITHUB_REF/refs\/tags\//}
+NEW_TAG=${GITHUB_REF/refs\/tags\//}
+export NEW_TAG
 echo "NEW_TAG=$NEW_TAG"
-export CHANGELOG=`git log $NEW_TAG...$PREVIOUS_TAG --oneline`
+# Glob match previous tags which should be format v1.2.3. Avoids Deck's npm tagging.
+PREVIOUS_TAG=$(git describe --abbrev=0 --tags "${NEW_TAG}"^ --match 'v[0-9]*')
+export PREVIOUS_TAG
+echo "PREVIOUS_TAG=$PREVIOUS_TAG"
+CHANGELOG=$(git log "$NEW_TAG"..."$PREVIOUS_TAG" --oneline)
+export CHANGELOG
 echo "CHANGELOG=$CHANGELOG"
 
-#Format the changelog so it's markdown compatible
+# Format the changelog so it's markdown compatible
 CHANGELOG="${CHANGELOG//$'%'/%25}"
 CHANGELOG="${CHANGELOG//$'\n'/%0A}"
 CHANGELOG="${CHANGELOG//$'\r'/%0D}"
 
 # If the previous release tag is the same as this tag the user likely cut a release (and in the process created a tag), which means we can skip the need to create a release
-export SKIP_RELEASE=`[[ "$PREVIOUS_TAG" = "$NEW_TAG" ]] && echo "true" || echo "false"`
+SKIP_RELEASE=$([[ "$PREVIOUS_TAG" = "$NEW_TAG" ]] && echo "true" || echo "false")
+export SKIP_RELEASE
 
 # https://github.com/fsaintjacques/semver-tool/blob/master/src/semver#L5-L14
 NAT='0|[1-9][0-9]*'
@@ -28,8 +32,10 @@ SEMVER_REGEX="\
 (\\+${FIELD}(\\.${FIELD})*)?$"
 
 # Used in downstream steps to determine if the release should be marked as a "prerelease" and if the build should build candidate release artifacts
-export IS_CANDIDATE=`[[ $NEW_TAG =~ $SEMVER_REGEX && ! -z ${BASH_REMATCH[4]} ]] && echo "true" || echo "false"`
+IS_CANDIDATE=$([[ $NEW_TAG =~ $SEMVER_REGEX && -n ${BASH_REMATCH[4]} ]] && echo "true" || echo "false")
+export IS_CANDIDATE
 
 # This is the version string we will pass to the build, trim off leading 'v' if present
-export RELEASE_VERSION=`[[ $NEW_TAG =~ $SEMVER_REGEX ]] && echo "${NEW_TAG:1}" || echo "${NEW_TAG}"`
+RELEASE_VERSION=$([[ $NEW_TAG =~ $SEMVER_REGEX ]] && echo "${NEW_TAG:1}" || echo "${NEW_TAG}")
+export RELEASE_VERSION
 echo "RELEASE_VERSION=$RELEASE_VERSION"