diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/release.yml b/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
index 124e22e..072c45b 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
@@ -114,15 +114,7 @@ jobs:
           GITEA_REF_NAME: ${{ gitea.ref_name }}
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail
-          # JSON-escape the release body with sed: backslashes first, then
-          # quotes, tabs, and carriage returns, and finally fold newlines into
-          # \n. Wrap the result in quotes to form a JSON string.
-          BODY=$(sed -e 's/\\/\\\\/g' \
-                     -e 's/"/\\"/g' \
-                     -e 's/\t/\\t/g' \
-                     -e 's/\r//g' \
-                     release-body.md \
-                 | sed ':a;N;$!ba;s/\n/\\n/g')
+          BODY=$(sed -e 's/\\/\\\\/g' -e 's/"/\\"/g' -e 's/\t/\\t/g' -e 's/\r//g' release-body.md | sed ':a;N;$!ba;s/\n/\\n/g')
           BODY="\"${BODY}\""
 
           response=$(curl -sS -w '\n%{http_code}' \
@@ -130,13 +122,7 @@ jobs:
             -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
             -X POST \
             "${GITEA_SERVER_URL}/api/v1/repos/${GITEA_REPOSITORY}/releases" \
-            -d "{
-              \"tag_name\": \"${GITEA_REF_NAME}\",
-              \"name\": \"${GITEA_REF_NAME}\",
-              \"body\": ${BODY},
-              \"draft": false,
-              \"prerelease": false
-            }")
+            -d "{\"tag_name\":\"${GITEA_REF_NAME}\",\"name\":\"${GITEA_REF_NAME}\",\"body\":${BODY},\"draft\":false,\"prerelease\":false}")
 
           http_code=$(echo "$response" | tail -1)
           body=$(echo "$response" | sed '$d')
@@ -157,6 +143,7 @@ jobs:
           GITEA_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITEA_TOKEN }}
           GITEA_SERVER_URL: ${{ gitea.server_url }}
           GITEA_REPOSITORY: ${{ gitea.repository }}
+          GITEA_REF_NAME: ${{ gitea.ref_name }}
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail
           RELEASE_ID=$(cat release-id.txt)