diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index de35275868..2da4c4cd7e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -213,26 +213,26 @@ aks-test-packages:
 # ===========> Release Targets
 
 prepare-release: ## Sets the versions, updates changelog to prepare this repository to release
-ifndef RELEASE_VERSION
-	$(error RELEASE_VERSION is required)
+ifndef CONSUL_K8S_RELEASE_VERSION
+	$(error CONSUL_K8S_RELEASE_VERSION is required)
 endif
-ifndef RELEASE_DATE
-	$(error RELEASE_DATE is required, use format <Month> <Day>, <Year> (ex. October 4, 2022))
+ifndef CONSUL_K8S_RELEASE_DATE
+	$(error CONSUL_K8S_RELEASE_DATE is required, use format <Month> <Day>, <Year> (ex. October 4, 2022))
 endif
-ifndef LAST_RELEASE_GIT_TAG 
-	$(error LAST_RELEASE_GIT_TAG is required)
+ifndef CONSUL_K8S_LAST_RELEASE_GIT_TAG
+	$(error CONSUL_K8S_LAST_RELEASE_GIT_TAG is required)
 endif
-ifndef CONSUL_VERSION
-	$(error CONSUL_VERSION is required)
+ifndef CONSUL_K8S_CONSUL_VERSION
+	$(error CONSUL_K8S_CONSUL_VERSION is required)
 endif
-	source $(CURDIR)/control-plane/build-support/scripts/functions.sh; prepare_release $(CURDIR) $(RELEASE_VERSION) "$(RELEASE_DATE)" $(LAST_RELEASE_GIT_TAG) $(CONSUL_VERSION) $(PRERELEASE_VERSION)
+	source $(CURDIR)/control-plane/build-support/scripts/functions.sh; prepare_release $(CURDIR) $(CONSUL_K8S_RELEASE_VERSION) "$(CONSUL_K8S_RELEASE_DATE)" $(CONSUL_K8S_LAST_RELEASE_GIT_TAG) $(CONSUL_K8S_CONSUL_VERSION) $(CONSUL_K8S_PRERELEASE_VERSION)
 
 prepare-dev:
-ifndef RELEASE_VERSION
-	$(error RELEASE_VERSION is required)
+ifndef CONSUL_K8S_RELEASE_VERSION
+	$(error CONSUL_K8S_RELEASE_VERSION is required)
 endif
-ifndef RELEASE_DATE
-	$(error RELEASE_DATE is required, use format <Month> <Day>, <Year> (ex. October 4, 2022))
+ifndef CONSUL_K8S_RELEASE_DATE
+	$(error CONSUL_K8S_RELEASE_DATE is required, use format <Month> <Day>, <Year> (ex. October 4, 2022))
 endif
 ifndef NEXT_RELEASE_VERSION
 	$(error NEXT_RELEASE_VERSION is required)
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ endif
 ifndef NEXT_CONSUL_VERSION
 	$(error NEXT_CONSUL_VERSION is required)
 endif
-	source $(CURDIR)/control-plane/build-support/scripts/functions.sh; prepare_dev $(CURDIR) $(RELEASE_VERSION) "$(RELEASE_DATE)" "" $(NEXT_RELEASE_VERSION) $(NEXT_CONSUL_VERSION)
+	source $(CURDIR)/control-plane/build-support/scripts/functions.sh; prepare_dev $(CURDIR) $(CONSUL_K8S_RELEASE_VERSION) "$(CONSUL_K8S_RELEASE_DATE)" "" $(NEXT_RELEASE_VERSION) $(NEXT_CONSUL_VERSION)
 
 # ===========> Makefile config
 
diff --git a/control-plane/build-support/functions/10-util.sh b/control-plane/build-support/functions/10-util.sh
index 72ce91720c..9035bb98af 100644
--- a/control-plane/build-support/functions/10-util.sh
+++ b/control-plane/build-support/functions/10-util.sh
@@ -720,14 +720,14 @@ function set_changelog {
 		return 1
 	fi
 
-	if [ -z "$LAST_RELEASE_GIT_TAG" ]; then
-		echo "Error: LAST_RELEASE_GIT_TAG not specified."
+	if [ -z "$CONSUL_K8S_LAST_RELEASE_GIT_TAG" ]; then
+		echo "Error: CONSUL_K8S_LAST_RELEASE_GIT_TAG not specified."
 		exit 1
 	fi
 
 	cat <<EOT | cat - "${curdir}"/CHANGELOG.MD >tmp && mv tmp "${curdir}"/CHANGELOG.MD
 ## ${version} (${rel_date})
-$(changelog-build -last-release ${LAST_RELEASE_GIT_TAG} \
+$(changelog-build -last-release ${CONSUL_K8S_LAST_RELEASE_GIT_TAG} \
 		-entries-dir .changelog/ \
 		-changelog-template .changelog/changelog.tmpl \
 		-note-template .changelog/note.tmpl \
@@ -896,7 +896,7 @@ function ui_version {
 		return 1
 	fi
 
-	local ui_version=$(sed -n ${SED_EXT} -e 's/.*CONSUL_VERSION%22%3A%22([^%]*)%22%2C%22.*/\1/p' <"$1") || return 1
+	local ui_version=$(sed -n ${SED_EXT} -e 's/.*CONSUL_K8S_CONSUL_VERSION%22%3A%22([^%]*)%22%2C%22.*/\1/p' <"$1") || return 1
 	echo "$ui_version"
 	return 0
 }