diff --git a/.github/workflows/create_release.yml b/.github/workflows/create_release.yml
index 8aeefb19e1..27482654bb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/create_release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/create_release.yml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ jobs:
           } else {
             echo "tools.jar not found"
           }
-          javac -cp "%JAVA_HOME%\lib\tools.jar" AgentLoader.java -encoding utf-8
+          javac -cp "$env:JAVA_HOME\lib\tools.jar" AgentLoader.java -encoding utf-8
           cp AgentLoader.class ${{ github.workspace }}/sermant-agent-${{ env.version }}
           cd ..
           mvn clean package -P package -DskipTests