diff --git a/.changeset/silver-rocks-decide.md b/.changeset/silver-rocks-decide.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..47e7e06f269
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/silver-rocks-decide.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"saleor-dashboard": patch
+---
+
+Fix obtaining version name in manual run workflow
diff --git a/.github/actions/prepare-api-variables/action.yml b/.github/actions/prepare-api-variables/action.yml
index 4992e260b5f..36002e62bb5 100644
--- a/.github/actions/prepare-api-variables/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/prepare-api-variables/action.yml
@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@ runs:
         fi
 
         if [[ "$MODE" == 'release' ]]; then
-          VERSION_SLUG=$(echo "${GITHUB_REF_SLUG}" | sed "s/\.//")
+          CURRENT_BRANCH=$(echo "${GITHUB_REF}" | sed "s/refs\/heads\///")
+          VERSION_SLUG=$(echo "${CURRENT_BRANCH}" | sed "s/\.//")
 
           echo "BASE_URL=https://v${VERSION_SLUG}.staging.saleor.cloud/dashboard/" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           echo "API_URL=https://v${VERSION_SLUG}.staging.saleor.cloud/graphql/" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT