diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index cb3af600..9d0d7881 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           # to be able to debug if something goes wrong
           set -o pipefail
-          auto version -vv | tee /tmp/auto-version
+          ~/auto version -vv | tee /tmp/auto-version
           version="$(sed -ne '/Calculated SEMVER bump:/s,.*: *,,p' /tmp/auto-version)"
           echo "version=$version" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
         env: