diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-draft.yml b/.github/workflows/release-draft.yml
index d0df8cf..2294917 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-draft.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-draft.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ on:
   workflow_dispatch:
     
 env:
-  V_KORIFI: '0.11.2'
   REGISTRY: ghcr.io
   IMAGE_NAME: ${{ github.repository }}
 
@@ -29,7 +28,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
           repository: unified-runtime/korifi-trinity
-          ref: v${{ env.V_KORIFI }}
+          ref: ${{ vars.KORIFI_REF }}
           github-server-url: 'https://github.tools.sap'
           token: ${{ secrets.KORIFI_TRINITY_TOKEN }}
           path: '.korifi'
@@ -43,14 +42,14 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Create korifi release artifacts
         env:
-          VERSION: ${{ env.V_KORIFI }}
+          VERSION: ${{ vars.KORIFI_REF }}
           DOCKER_REGISTRY: ${{ env.REGISTRY }}
           DOCKER_REGISTRY_USER: ${{ github.actor }}
           DOCKER_REGISTRY_PASS: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         shell: bash
         working-directory: '.korifi'
         run: |
-          ../scripts/create-korifi-release.sh ${{ env.V_KORIFI }}
+          ../scripts/create-korifi-release.sh ${{ vars.KORIFI_REF }}
 
       - name: set version
         run: echo "version=${GITHUB_REF_NAME#v}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 07715d9..5864672 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ VERSION ?= 0.0.0
 #IMG ?= trinity.common.repositories.cloud.sap/kyma-module/cfapi-controller-$(VERSION)
 REGISTRY = ghcr.io
 IMG ?= kyma-project/cfapi/cfapi-controller
-V_KORIFI ?= 0.11.2
+KORIFI_REF ?= v0.11.2
 
 # ENVTEST_K8S_VERSION refers to the version of kubebuilder assets to be downloaded by envtest binary.
 ENVTEST_K8S_VERSION = 1.24.1
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ run: manifests generate fmt vet ## Run a controller from your host.
 
 .PHONY: docker-build
 docker-build: ## Build docker image with the manager.
-	docker build -t ${REGISTRY}/${IMG} --build-arg TARGETARCH=amd64 --build-arg V_KORIFI=${V_KORIFI} .
+	docker build -t ${REGISTRY}/${IMG} --build-arg TARGETARCH=amd64 --build-arg V_KORIFI=${KORIFI_REF} .
 	docker tag ${REGISTRY}/${IMG} ${VERSION}
 
 .PHONY: docker-push