diff --git a/.github/workflows/make_release.yaml b/.github/workflows/make_release.yaml
index 1edc0c106..4bfc36d63 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/make_release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/make_release.yaml
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           access-token: ${{ secrets.MASTODON_ACCESS_TOKEN }}
           url: ${{ secrets.MASTODON_URL }}
-          message: "Version v${{ inputs.version }} of beets has been released! Check out all of the new changes at ${{ steps.create_release.outputs.html_url }}"
+          message: "Version ${{ steps.tag_version.outputs.new_tag }} of beets has been released! Check out all of the new changes at ${{ steps.create_release.outputs.html_url }}"
 
   publish_to_pypi:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest