diff --git a/.github/workflows/tag-release.yml b/.github/workflows/tag-release.yml
index 47e8c5c11d..f361c200a0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tag-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tag-release.yml
@@ -48,4 +48,6 @@ jobs:
           # setup the username and email.
           git config --global user.name "Budibase Staging Release Bot"
           git config --global user.email "<>"
-          ./scripts/versionCommit.sh ${{ github.event.inputs.versioning || "patch" }}
+          BUMP_TYPE_INPUT=${{ github.event.inputs.versioning }}
+          BUMP_TYPE=${BUMP_TYPE_INPUT:-"patch"}
+          ./scripts/versionCommit.sh $BUMP_TYPE