diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 8e655a8a..9d0e5b25 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -49,8 +49,10 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Get the changelog underline
         id: changelog_underline
+        env:
+          RELEASE: ${{ steps.calver.outputs.release }}
         run: |
-          underline="$(echo "${{ steps.calver.outputs.release }}" | tr -c '\n' '-')"
+          underline="$(echo "$RELEASE" | tr -c '\n' '-')"
           echo "underline=${underline}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
 
       - name: Update changelog
@@ -64,8 +66,10 @@ jobs:
           regex: false
 
       - name: Check Update changelog was modified
+        env:
+          MODIFIED_FILES: ${{ steps.update_changelog.outputs.modifiedFiles }}
         run: |
-          if [ "${{ steps.update_changelog.outputs.modifiedFiles }}" = "0" ]; then
+          if [ "$MODIFIED_FILES" = "0" ]; then
             echo "Error: No files were modified when updating changelog"
             exit 1
           fi
@@ -95,9 +99,11 @@ jobs:
           body: ${{ steps.tag_version.outputs.changelog }}
 
       - name: Build a binary wheel and a source tarball
+        env:
+          NEW_TAG: ${{ steps.tag_version.outputs.new_tag }}
         run: |
           git fetch --tags
-          git checkout ${{ steps.tag_version.outputs.new_tag }}
+          git checkout "$NEW_TAG"
           uv build --sdist --wheel --out-dir dist/
           uv run --extra=release check-wheel-contents dist/*.whl
 
diff --git a/zizmor.yml b/zizmor.yml
index fab119cb..863db345 100644
--- a/zizmor.yml
+++ b/zizmor.yml
@@ -10,5 +10,3 @@ rules:
     disable: true
   superfluous-actions:
     disable: true
-  template-injection:
-    disable: true