diff --git a/.github/workflows/go-release.yml b/.github/workflows/go-release.yml
index 01cb87da0..7f7e540da 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/go-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/go-release.yml
@@ -16,9 +16,29 @@ defaults:
     working-directory: go/src/open-cluster-management.io/registration
 
 jobs:
+  env:
+    name: prepare release env
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 1
+          path: go/src/open-cluster-management.io/registration
+      - name: get release version
+        run: |
+          echo "RELEASE_VERSION=${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+      - name: get major release version
+        run: |
+          echo "MAJOR_RELEASE_VERSION=${RELEASE_VERSION%.*}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "TRIMED_RELEASE_VERSION=${RELEASE_VERSION#v}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+    outputs:
+      MAJOR_RELEASE_VERSION: ${{ env.MAJOR_RELEASE_VERSION }}
+      RELEASE_VERSION: ${{ env.RELEASE_VERSION }}
   images:
     name: images
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: [ env ]
     strategy:
       matrix:
         arch: [ amd64, arm64 ]
@@ -34,75 +54,57 @@ jobs:
           go-version: ${{ env.GO_VERSION }}
       - name: install imagebuilder
         run: go install github.com/openshift/imagebuilder/cmd/imagebuilder@v1.2.1
-      - name: get release version
-        run: |
-          echo "RELEASE_VERSION=${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-      - name: get major release version
-        run: |
-          echo "MAJOR_RELEASE_VERSION=${RELEASE_VERSION%.*}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
        - name: pull base image
         run: docker pull registry.access.redhat.com/ubi8/ubi-minimal:latest --platform=linux/${{ matrix.arch }}
       - name: images
         run: |
-          IMAGE_TAG=$RELEASE_VERSION-${{ matrix.arch }} \
+          IMAGE_TAG=${{ needs.env.outputs.RELEASE_VERSION }}-${{ matrix.arch }} \
           IMAGE_BUILD_EXTRA_FLAGS="--build-arg OS=linux --build-arg ARCH=${{ matrix.arch }}" \
             make images
       - name: push
         run: |
           echo ${{ secrets.DOCKER_PASSWORD }} | docker login quay.io --username ${{ secrets.DOCKER_USER }} --password-stdin
-          docker push quay.io/open-cluster-management/registration:$RELEASE_VERSION-${{ matrix.arch }}
+          docker push quay.io/open-cluster-management/registration:${{ needs.env.outputs.RELEASE_VERSION }}-${{ matrix.arch }}
   image-manifest:
     name: image manifest
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: [ images ]
+    needs: [ env, images ]
     steps:
       - name: checkout code
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
         with:
           fetch-depth: 1
           path: go/src/open-cluster-management.io/registration
-      - name: get release version
-        run: |
-          echo "RELEASE_VERSION=${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-      - name: get major release version
-        run: |
-          echo "MAJOR_RELEASE_VERSION=${RELEASE_VERSION%.*}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
       - name: create
         run: |
           echo ${{ secrets.DOCKER_PASSWORD }} | docker login quay.io --username ${{ secrets.DOCKER_USER }} --password-stdin
-          docker manifest create quay.io/open-cluster-management/registration:$RELEASE_VERSION \
-            quay.io/open-cluster-management/registration:$RELEASE_VERSION-amd64 \
-            quay.io/open-cluster-management/registration:$RELEASE_VERSION-arm64
+          docker manifest create quay.io/open-cluster-management/registration:${{ needs.env.outputs.RELEASE_VERSION }} \
+            quay.io/open-cluster-management/registration:${{ needs.env.outputs.RELEASE_VERSION }}-amd64 \
+            quay.io/open-cluster-management/registration:${{ needs.env.outputs.RELEASE_VERSION }}-arm64
       - name: annotate
         run: |
-          docker manifest annotate quay.io/open-cluster-management/registration:$RELEASE_VERSION \
-            quay.io/open-cluster-management/registration:$RELEASE_VERSION-amd64 --arch amd64
-          docker manifest annotate quay.io/open-cluster-management/registration:$RELEASE_VERSION \
-            quay.io/open-cluster-management/registration:$RELEASE_VERSION-arm64 --arch arm64
+          docker manifest annotate quay.io/open-cluster-management/registration:${{ needs.env.outputs.RELEASE_VERSION }} \
+            quay.io/open-cluster-management/registration:${{ needs.env.outputs.RELEASE_VERSION }}-amd64 --arch amd64
+          docker manifest annotate quay.io/open-cluster-management/registration:${{ needs.env.outputs.RELEASE_VERSION }} \
+            quay.io/open-cluster-management/registration:${{ needs.env.outputs.RELEASE_VERSION }}-arm64 --arch arm64
       - name: push
         run: |
-          docker manifest push quay.io/open-cluster-management/registration:$RELEASE_VERSION
+          docker manifest push quay.io/open-cluster-management/registration:${{ needs.env.outputs.RELEASE_VERSION }}
   release:
     name: release
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: [ image-manifest ]
+    needs: [ env, image-manifest ]
     steps:
       - name: checkout code
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
         with:
           fetch-depth: 1
           path: go/src/open-cluster-management.io/registration
-      - name: get release version
-        run: |
-          echo "RELEASE_VERSION=${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-      - name: get major release version
-        run: |
-          echo "MAJOR_RELEASE_VERSION=${RELEASE_VERSION%.*}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
       - name: generate changelog
         run: |
-          echo "# Registration $RELEASE_VERSION" > /home/runner/work/changelog.txt
-          echo "- See the [CHANGELOG](https://github.com/open-cluster-management-io/registration/blob/main/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-${MAJOR_RELEASE_VERSION}.md) for more details." >> /home/runner/work/changelog.txt
-          echo "- The released image is quay.io/open-cluster-management/registration:$RELEASE_VERSION" >> /home/runner/work/changelog.txt
+          echo "# Registration ${{ needs.env.outputs.RELEASE_VERSION }}" > /home/runner/work/changelog.txt
+          echo "- See the [CHANGELOG](https://github.com/open-cluster-management-io/registration/blob/main/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-${{ needs.env.outputs.MAJOR_RELEASE_VERSION }}.md) for more details." >> /home/runner/work/changelog.txt
+          echo "- The released image is quay.io/open-cluster-management/registration:${{ needs.env.outputs.RELEASE_VERSION }}" >> /home/runner/work/changelog.txt
       - name: publish release
         uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v0.1.5
         env: