diff --git a/.ci/scripts/check_release.py b/.ci/scripts/check_release.py
index 095dd739b9..da45be6a8b 100755
--- a/.ci/scripts/check_release.py
+++ b/.ci/scripts/check_release.py
@@ -37,7 +37,10 @@ def template_config():
 def current_version(repo, commitish):
     try:
         pyproject_toml = tomllib.loads(repo.git.show(f"{commitish}:pyproject.toml"))
-        current_version = pyproject_toml["project"]["version"]
+        try:
+            current_version = pyproject_toml["project"]["version"]
+        except Exception:
+            current_version = pyproject_toml["tool"]["bumpversion"]["current_version"]
     except Exception:
         current_version = repo.git.grep(
             "current_version", commitish, "--", ".bumpversion.cfg"
diff --git a/.github/template_gitref b/.github/template_gitref
index 8156a7ac11..050a3ebcc8 100644
--- a/.github/template_gitref
+++ b/.github/template_gitref
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2021.08.26-399-g78ad960
+2021.08.26-402-g0bc33a6
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scripts/publish_plugin_pypi.sh b/.github/workflows/scripts/publish_plugin_pypi.sh
index 1105b289f7..44f8b38050 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/scripts/publish_plugin_pypi.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/scripts/publish_plugin_pypi.sh
@@ -28,6 +28,6 @@ then
 fi
 
 twine upload -u __token__ -p "$PYPI_API_TOKEN" \
-"dist/pulpcore-$VERSION-py3-none-any.whl" \
-"dist/pulpcore-$VERSION.tar.gz" \
+dist/pulpcore-"$VERSION"-py3-none-any.whl \
+dist/pulpcore-"$VERSION".tar.gz \
 ;