diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index e32b21f..82cbcd2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -32,6 +32,12 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
           path: reva-release
+      - name: Checkout reva repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          repository: ${{ inputs.repo }}/reva
+          path: reva
+          ref: ${{ inputs.branch }}
       - name: Install build infrastructure
         run: |
           source /etc/os-release
@@ -42,25 +48,23 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install golang
         run: |
           wget https://go.dev/dl/go${{ inputs.go-version }}.linux-amd64.tar.gz && tar xfz go${{ inputs.go-version }}.linux-amd64.tar.gz
-      - name: Checkout reva repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
-        with:
-          repository: ${{ inputs.repo }}/reva
-          path: reva
-          ref: ${{ inputs.branch }}
-      - name: Copy necessary files for building the RPMs
-        run: |
-          cp reva-release/Makefile reva/Makefile.rpm
-          cp reva-release/cernbox-revad.spec reva/cernbox-revad.spec
-      - name: Create reva RPMs
+      - name: Prepare files for building the RPMs
         id: reva-rpms
+        run: |
+          cd reva
+          echo revaVer="Reva commit $(git rev-parse --short HEAD) at ${{ inputs.repo }}/${{ inputs.branch }}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          cd ../reva-release
+          go run prepare_release.go -author "temporary" -email "cernbox-admins@cern.ch" -reva-version "Reva commit"
+          echo "version=$(awk '$1 == "Version:" {print $2}' cernbox-revad.spec)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          cp Makefile ../reva/Makefile.rpm
+          cp cernbox-revad.spec ../reva/cernbox-revad.spec
+      - name: Build Reva RPMs
         run: |
           set -x
           export GOPATH=$(pwd)/go
           export PATH=$PATH:$GOPATH/bin
           rm -rf ~/.cache/go-build
           cd reva
-          echo revaVer="Reva commit $(git rev-parse --short HEAD) at ${{ inputs.repo }}/${{ inputs.branch }}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
           make -f Makefile.rpm rpm
           mkdir /release
           mv cernbox-*.rpm /release