diff --git a/release-poetry-package/action.yaml b/release-poetry-package/action.yaml
index e28ffc3..5520a10 100644
--- a/release-poetry-package/action.yaml
+++ b/release-poetry-package/action.yaml
@@ -79,30 +79,35 @@ runs:
     - name: Update package version (non-poetry)
       if: hashFiles('poetry.lock') != '' && steps.version.outputs.new_release_published != 'false'
       shell: bash
+      env:
+        NEW_RELEASE_VERSION: ${{ steps.version.outputs.new_release_version }}
+        GIT_USER_NAME: ${{ inputs.git-user-name }}
+        GIT_USER_EMAIL: ${{ inputs.git-user-email }}
+        DRY_RUN: ${{ inputs.dry-run }}
       run: |
         # Use poetry to bump the version in pyproject.toml
-        poetry version "${{ steps.version.outputs.new_release_version }}"
+        poetry version "$NEW_RELEASE_VERSION"
 
         # Specify the user name and email which is required to commit with a token auth
-        git config user.email "${{ inputs.git-user-name }}"
-        git config user.name "${{ inputs.git-user-email }}"
+        git config user.email "$GIT_USER_NAME"
+        git config user.name "$GIT_USER_EMAIL"
 
         # Commit the bumped project version with a non-semver chore: commit message
         git add pyproject.toml
         git --no-pager diff --staged
-        git commit --author="${{ inputs.git-user-name }} <${{ inputs.git-user-email }}>" -m "chore: release ${{ steps.version.outputs.new_release_version }}" -m "[skip actions]"
+        git commit --author="$GIT_USER_NAME <$GIT_USER_EMAIL>" -m "chore: release $NEW_RELEASE_VERSION" -m "[skip actions]"
 
         # Push the changes to the current (should be main) branch, if this is not a dry-run
         # TODO: This might not be super safe, we should consider that this could
         # be broken with beta/alpha releases, and might need an explicit check
         # somehow to ensure we're not releasing poorly against a branch that
         # shouldn't do so
-        if [[ "${{ inputs.dry-run }}" == "false" ]]; then
+        if [[ "$DRY_RUN" == "false" ]]; then
           git push || { echo "::error:: Failed to push version update for pyproject.toml, check your github-token permissions, or branch protections."; exit 1; }
         fi
 
         # Nice logging, generate success exit code from this run step
-        echo "::notice::Version successfully updated in pyproject.toml to ${{ steps.version.outputs.new_release_version }}."
+        echo "::notice::Version successfully updated in pyproject.toml to $NEW_RELEASE_VERSION."
     - name: Release
       id: release
       if: steps.version.outputs.new_release_published == 'true'