diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index 432bbb0..692de8b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -59,11 +59,12 @@ jobs:
     needs: [validate-tag]
     if: ${{ !cancelled() && !contains(needs.*.result, 'failure') && !contains(needs.*.result, 'cancelled') }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    environment: release
     steps:
       - name: Checkout tag
         uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
         with:
-          ref: ${{ needs.validate-tag.outputs.tag_sha }}
+          ref: refs/tags/${{ github.event.inputs.tag }}
           persist-credentials: false
       - name: Set up Maven Central Repository
         uses: actions/setup-java@b843ebf9b913146b38da2eaa7aeddf76074ae1ad # v6
@@ -88,6 +89,7 @@ jobs:
     needs: [validate-tag, publish]
     if: ${{ !cancelled() && !failure() }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    environment: release
     permissions:
       contents: write
     steps: