diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 19f399d14..5f37a9be7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -39,10 +39,17 @@ jobs:
       - run: corepack enable
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: yarn install --immutable
-
+      - name: Get Next Version
+        id: next_version
+        run: |
+          export NEXT_VERSION="$(node ./scripts/getNextVersion.mjs)"
+          echo "Next Version: $NEXT_VERSION"
+          echo "version=$NEXT_VERSION" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
       - name: Create Release
         run: yarn run release
         env:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_TOKEN }}
           NPM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
           SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL: ${{ secrets.SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL }}
+          NEXT_VERSION: ${{ steps.next_version.outputs.version }}
+          SENTRY_RELEASE: ${{ steps.next_version.outputs.version }}
diff --git a/scripts/getNextVersion.mjs b/scripts/getNextVersion.mjs
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..fbf756815
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/getNextVersion.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+
+import { $ } from 'execa';
+
+async function main() {
+  const { stdout: status } = await $`git status --porcelain`;
+  if (status) {
+    console.error(`❗️ Working directory is not clean:\n${status}`);
+    return;
+  }
+
+  const { stdout: nextVersion } = await $`auto shipit --dry-run --quiet`;
+
+  console.log(nextVersion);
+}
+
+main();
diff --git a/scripts/versionAndBuild.mjs b/scripts/versionAndBuild.mjs
index 328284923..4a9245a1c 100755
--- a/scripts/versionAndBuild.mjs
+++ b/scripts/versionAndBuild.mjs
@@ -9,7 +9,11 @@ async function main() {
     return;
   }
 
-  const { stdout: nextVersion } = await $`auto shipit --dry-run --quiet`;
+  const nextVersion = process.env.NEXT_VERSION;
+  if (nextVersion === undefined) {
+    console.error('❗️ NEXT_VERSION environment variable is required');
+    return;
+  }
 
   console.info(`📌 Temporarily bumping version to '${nextVersion}' for build step`);
   await $`npm --no-git-tag-version version ${nextVersion}`;