diff --git a/.github/workflows/auto-merge.yml b/.github/workflows/auto-merge.yml
index ea591f86..15242aa1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/auto-merge.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/auto-merge.yml
@@ -24,8 +24,3 @@ jobs:
         with:
           repository: Leukocyte-Lab/AGH2-Manifest
           token: ${{ secrets.GH_TOKEN }}
-      - name: dump .version.json
-        id: versions
-        run: |
-          VERSION=$(cat .version.json)
-          echo "::set-output name=version::${VERSION}"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index b4429e6e..f5cee8ce 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -34,6 +34,12 @@ jobs:
         env:
           CR_TOKEN: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
 
+      - name: Dump .version.json
+        id: versions
+        run: |
+          VERSION=$(cat .version.json)
+          echo "::set-output name=version::${VERSION}"
+
       - name: Invoke workflow Update ArgusHack in Leukocyte-Lab/ArgusHack2
         run: |
          echo '{"version": ${{ toJson(steps.versions.outputs.version) }}}' | gh workflow -R Leukocyte-Lab/ArgusHack2 run agh2-update.yml -r develop --json