diff --git a/src/github.ts b/src/github.ts
index 073ade3..333317c 100644
--- a/src/github.ts
+++ b/src/github.ts
@@ -79,6 +79,6 @@ export async function getLatestRelease(
   const version = data.tag_name; // drop the ^v?
 
   core.debug(`Latest release: ${JSON.stringify(data)}`);
-  core.info(`Using version: ${version}`);
+  core.info(`Using latest release name as version: ${version}`);
   return version;
 }
diff --git a/src/main.ts b/src/main.ts
index 732e79a..14dd699 100644
--- a/src/main.ts
+++ b/src/main.ts
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ async function mkReleaseConfig(
 ): Promise<ReleaseConfig> {
   const {
     name,
-    version,
+    version: rawVersion,
     url: urlTemplate,
     subdir: subdirTemplate,
     os,
@@ -59,22 +59,15 @@ async function mkReleaseConfig(
     githubTokenForLatest,
   } = await getInputs(platform, osArch, core);
 
-  const templateVars = { name, version, os, arch, ext };
-
-  const interpolateLatest = async (): Promise<string> => {
-    // Interpolate without version here, to use for finding latest
-    const url = interpolateUrl({ name, os, arch, ext });
-    const latest = await github.getLatestRelease(url, githubTokenForLatest);
-    return interpolateUrl({ name, version: latest, os, arch, ext });
+  const inferVersion = async (): Promise<string> => {
+    const url = interpolate(urlTemplate, { name, os, arch, ext });
+    return await github.getLatestRelease(url, githubTokenForLatest);
   };
 
-  const interpolateUrl = (vars: object): string => {
-    return interpolate(urlTemplate, vars);
-  };
-
-  const url =
-    version === "" ? await interpolateLatest() : interpolateUrl(templateVars);
+  const version = rawVersion === "" ? await inferVersion() : rawVersion;
 
+  const templateVars = { name, version, os, arch, ext };
+  const url = interpolate(urlTemplate, templateVars);
   const subdir = subdirTemplate
     ? interpolate(subdirTemplate, templateVars)
     : null;