diff --git a/.github/workflows/afids-validator_ci.yml b/.github/workflows/afids-validator_ci.yml
index 1ecdd9a9..db79d408 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/afids-validator_ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/afids-validator_ci.yml
@@ -146,22 +146,18 @@ jobs:
       - name: Bump version
         id: bump-version
         run: |
-          echo '::set-output name=version::$(expr ${{ steps.previous-version.outputs.version }} + 1)'
-
-      - name: Set version
-        run: |
-          echo 'NEXT_BUMP=${{ steps.bump-version.outputs.version }}' >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo '::set-output name=version::$(`expr ${{ steps.previous-version.outputs.version }} + 1`)'
 
       - name: Update setup.py version
         uses: jacobtomlinson/gha-find-replace@master
         with:
           include: "setup.py"
           find: 'v(?:([0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+.+)|([0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+))'
-          replace: '${{ steps.release-drafter.outputs.name }}-prerelease.${{ env.NEXT_BUMP }}"'
+          replace: '${{ steps.release-drafter.outputs.name }}-prerelease.${{ steps.bump-version.outputs.version }}"'
 
       - name: Commit updates
         env:
-          LATEST_VERSION: ${{ steps.release-drafter.outputs.name }}-prerelease.${{ env.NEXT_BUMP }}
+          LATEST_VERSION: ${{ steps.release-drafter.outputs.name }}-prerelease.${{ steps.bump-version.outputs.version }}
         run: |
           git config --local user.email "41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
           git config --local user.name "github-actions[bot]"