diff --git a/.github/actions/package-nfpm/action.yml b/.github/actions/package-nfpm/action.yml
index 77b9c1dd7..ae5d9f64b 100644
--- a/.github/actions/package-nfpm/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/package-nfpm/action.yml
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ runs:
           export MINOR_VERSION="${{ inputs.minor_version }}"
         elif [ -z ${{ inputs.major_version }} ]; then
           export VERSION="${{ inputs.version }}"
-          export MAJOR_VERSION=$( echo $MAJOR_VERSION | cut -d "-" -f1 )
+          export MAJOR_VERSION=$( echo $VERSION | cut -d "-" -f1 )
           export MINOR_VERSION=$( echo $MAJOR_VERSION | cut -d "-" -f2 )
         fi
         export RELEASE="${{ inputs.release }}"