diff --git a/.github/workflows/bump-version.yml b/.github/workflows/bump-version.yml
index a285bea27..c19681b3d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/bump-version.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/bump-version.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ jobs:
       # Setup
       - name: Checkout code
         uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 # v4
-      - run: echo "$(git branch --list *.*.z)"
+      - name: DEBUG
+        run: echo "thebugbranch=$(git branch --list *.*.z)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
       - name: Install jq to manipulate json
         uses: awalsh128/cache-apt-pkgs-action@latest
         with: