diff --git a/.github/workflows/tag-releases.yaml b/.github/workflows/tag-releases.yaml
index 29689dd909317d..cdeb8778ab10f3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tag-releases.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tag-releases.yaml
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ jobs:
             env:
               GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }} 
             run: |
-              BRANCH_NAME=$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)
+              export BRANCH_NAME=$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)
               echo "Tagging against branch: $BRANCH_NAME"
-              ./scripts/tagging/tag_new_release.sh --generate-notes --target $BRANCH_NAME -d # Note this is a draft for now.
+              ./scripts/tagging/tag_new_release.sh --generate-notes --target "$BRANCH_NAME" -d # Note this is a draft for now.
 
       
diff --git a/scripts/tagging/tag_new_release.sh b/scripts/tagging/tag_new_release.sh
index 0e26c26de4cfb2..1fca130cf8f385 100755
--- a/scripts/tagging/tag_new_release.sh
+++ b/scripts/tagging/tag_new_release.sh
@@ -54,4 +54,5 @@ echo "SDK release revisions: $SDK_RELEASE_REVISIONS"
 echo "New release: $NEW_RELEASE_TAG"
 echo "Additional arguments: $ADDITIONAL_ARGS"
 
-gh release create "$ADDITIONAL_ARGS" --notes-start-tag "$CURRENT_RELEASE" "$NEW_RELEASE_TAG" "$@"
+echo executing: gh release create "$NEW_RELEASE_TAG" --notes-start-tag "$CURRENT_RELEASE" "$@" "$ADDITIONAL_ARGS"
+gh release create "$NEW_RELEASE_TAG" "--notes-start-tag" "$CURRENT_RELEASE" "$@" "$ADDITIONAL_ARGS"