diff --git a/.forgejo/workflows/autotagger.yaml b/.forgejo/workflows/autotagger.yaml
index 5404a0c..14c57d7 100644
--- a/.forgejo/workflows/autotagger.yaml
+++ b/.forgejo/workflows/autotagger.yaml
@@ -31,8 +31,7 @@ jobs:
           git fetch --tags
           echo "::set-output name=latest_tag::$(git describe --tags `git rev-list --tags --max-count=1`)"
           echo "::set-output name=version::$(awk -F '=' '/^ *version/ {gsub(/[[:space:]"]/, "", $2); print $2}' pyproject.toml)"
-          MESSAGE=$(git log --format=%B -n 1 $GITHUB_SHA)
-          echo "::set-output name=message::$MESSAGE"
+          echo "::set-output name=message::$(echo "$(git log --format=%B -n 1 $GITHUB_SHA)")"
 
       - name: Compare version and latest tag
         id: compare