diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_pipeline.yml b/.github/workflows/ci_pipeline.yml
index 83b36a9e8..500243c5f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_pipeline.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_pipeline.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
           version=$(mvn help:evaluate -Dexpression=project.version -q -DforceStdout)
           next_version=$(echo $version | awk -F'[.-]' '{print $1"."$2"."$3+1}')
           mvn versions:set -DnewVersion=$next_version
-          echo "release_version=$(mvn help:evaluate -Dexpression=project.version -q -DforceStdout --file myapp/pom.xml)" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          echo "release_version=$next_version" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
 
       - name: Compile Code and Package Artifact
         working-directory: ./myapp