diff --git a/.github/workflows/tag-new-version.yml b/.github/workflows/tag-new-version.yml
index 7b603e19d7..552d96d9b0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tag-new-version.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tag-new-version.yml
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ jobs:
           new_version="v${major}.${minor}.${patch}"
 
           echo ${new_version}
+          echo "new_version=${new_version}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
       - name: Checkout eman-feedstock
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
@@ -82,7 +83,7 @@ jobs:
           echo "recipe/meta.yaml  Before"          
           cat recipe/meta.yaml
 
-          sed -i 's/set\s*version\s*=\s*"[0-9][0-9]*\.[0-9][0-9]*\.[0-9][0-9]*"/set version = "2.99.999"/' recipe/meta.yaml
+          sed -i 's/set\s*version\s*=\s*"[0-9][0-9]*\.[0-9][0-9]*\.[0-9][0-9]*"/set version = "${{ env.new_version }}"/' recipe/meta.yaml
           sed -i 's/set\s*build\s*=\s*[0-9][0-9]*/set build = 0/' recipe/meta.yaml
           echo;echo;echo;echo;echo;
           echo "recipe/meta.yaml  After"