diff --git a/.github/workflows/read_pyproject_version.yml b/.github/workflows/read_pyproject_version.yml
index 9cde37ff8..12a44f008 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/read_pyproject_version.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/read_pyproject_version.yml
@@ -24,8 +24,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Read version from pyproject.toml
         id: read-version
         run: |
-          export LITELLM_VERSION=$(python -c "import toml; print(toml.load('pyproject.toml')['tool']['commitizen']['version'])")
-          echo "::set-env name=LITELLM_VERSION::$LITELLM_VERSION"
+          echo "LITELLM_VERSION=$(python -c \"import toml; print(toml.load('pyproject.toml')['tool']['commitizen']['version'])\")" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
       - name: Display version
-        run: echo "Current version is ${{ env.LITELLM_VERSION }}"
+        run: echo "Current version is $LITELLM_VERSION"