diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 4d5736e..04bca9d 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -26,10 +26,10 @@ prepare_release:
   before_script:
   - npm install -g conventional-changelog-cli
   script:
-  - echo "DESCRIPTION=$(conventional-changelog -p conventionalcommits)" > variables.env
+  - conventional-changelog -p conventionalcommits > ./release.description
   artifacts:
-    reports:
-      dotenv: variables.env
+    paths:
+    - release.description
   rules:
   - if: $CI_COMMIT_TAG
 
@@ -43,6 +43,6 @@ release:
   - echo "Running release_job for $TAG"
   release:
     tag_name: '$CI_COMMIT_TAG'
-    description: '$DESCRIPTION'
+    description: ./release.description
   rules:
   - if: $CI_COMMIT_TAG