diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy-documents.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy-documents.yml
index 9258bacdb..795d8e705 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy-documents.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy-documents.yml
@@ -56,10 +56,19 @@ jobs:
       - name: Determine versioning parameters
         id: determine-versioning
         run: |
+          # Read the first line from the VERSION file
           LINE=$(head -n 1 ./VERSION)
-          VERSION="${LINE%|*}"
+  
+          # Extract version and alias using parameter expansion
+          VERSION="${LINE%%|*}"
           ALIAS="${LINE#*|}"
-          echo 'data={"version":"$VERSION", "alias":"$ALIAS"}' >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+          # Print the extracted values for verification
+          echo "Version: $VERSION"
+          echo "Alias: $ALIAS"
+
+          # Set the GitHub Actions environment variable
+          echo "data={\"version\":\"$VERSION\", \"alias\":\"$ALIAS\"}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
       - name: Deploy
         if: fromJson(steps.determine-versioning.outputs.data).version != null