diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-prep.yml b/.github/workflows/release-prep.yml
index e48422f05..b67e1f5ed 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-prep.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-prep.yml
@@ -10,18 +10,12 @@ jobs:
     if: ${{ contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'release-prep') }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - name: DEBUG github.GITHUB_BASE_REF
-        run: echo ${{ github.GITHUB_BASE_REF }}
-      - name: DEBUG github.event.pull_request.head.sha
-        run: echo ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
-      - name: DEBUG github.sha
-        run: echo ${{ github.sha }}
-      - name: DEBUG github.event.pull_request.base.sha
-        run: echo ${{ github.event.pull_request.base.sha }}
+      - name: DEBUG env.GITHUB_BASE_REF
+        run: echo ${{ env.GITHUB_BASE_REF }}
       - name: Checkout the branch this PR wants to update
         uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 # v4
         with:
-          ref: ${{ github.GITHUB_BASE_REF }}
+          ref: ${{ env.GITHUB_BASE_REF }}
       - name: Install jq to parse json
         uses: awalsh128/cache-apt-pkgs-action@latest
         with: