diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-installer.yml b/.github/workflows/build-installer.yml
index 8dd7afaef..62c5982ff 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/build-installer.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-installer.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ jobs:
           echo "${{ secrets.BOOT_URLS_ENCODING_KEY }}" > $HOME/plugin-providers/config-key.properties
           CHANGELIST=
           if [[ -z "${INSTALLER_SUFFIX}" ]]; then
-             CHANGELIST="-Dchangelist=$INSTALLER_SUFFIX"
+             CHANGELIST="-Dchangelist=-$INSTALLER_SUFFIX"
           fi
           mvn -B $CHANGELIST clean install
           mvn -B $CHANGELIST -P compressXZ -f weasis-distributions clean package