diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index c51ddb8a9..1e62ed2b2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ jobs:
 
         - name: Get trader bin
           run: |
-            trader_version=poetry run python -c "import yaml; config = yaml.safe_load(open('templates/trader.yaml')); print(config['configuration']['trader_version'])"
+            trader_version=$(poetry run python -c "import yaml; config = yaml.safe_load(open('templates/trader.yaml')); print(config['configuration']['trader_version'])")
             echo $trader_version
             mkdir dist && curl -L -o dist/aea_bin https://github.com/valory-xyz/trader/releases/download/${trader_version}/trader_bin_${{ matrix.arch }}