diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index 8de4458db..531e75f34 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -66,6 +66,9 @@ jobs:
             COMMIT_HASH=${{ github.sha }}
       - name: Build and Push CLI
         run: make push-cli SEM_VER='${{ steps.versioning.outputs.version }}' BUILD_TIMESTAMP='${{ steps.version_parameters.outputs.build_timestamp }}'
+      - shell: bash
+        run: |
+          echo '${{ steps.versioning.outputs.version }}' >> cli/bin/version.txt
       - name: publish
         uses: ncipollo/release-action@v1
         with:
@@ -75,10 +78,4 @@ jobs:
           tag: ${{ steps.versioning.outputs.version }}
           prerelease: ${{ github.ref != 'refs/heads/main' }}
           bodyFile: 'cli/bin/README.md'
-      - shell: bash
-        run: echo '${{ steps.versioning.outputs.version }}' >> version.txt
-      - name: Upload version artifact
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
-        with:
-          name: version
-          path: version.txt
+