diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index acb184ff20..367072377f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           status=$(sentry-cli releases list | grep 'cdktf-cli-${{ steps.get_version.outputs.version }} ' && echo 'released' || echo 'unreleased')
           echo "Sentry returned: ${status}"
-          echo "release=${status}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "release=$(echo $status | tr '\n' ' ')" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
         env:
           SENTRY_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.SENTRY_TOKEN }}
       - name: Create a release
@@ -276,7 +276,8 @@ jobs:
         id: get_release_status
         run: |
           status=$(sentry-cli releases list | grep 'cdktf-cli-${{ steps.get_version.outputs.version }} ' && echo 'released' || echo 'unreleased')
-          echo "release=${status}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "Sentry returned: ${status}"
+          echo "release=$(echo $status | tr '\n' ' ')" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
         env:
           SENTRY_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.SENTRY_TOKEN }}
       - name: Create a release
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release_next.yml b/.github/workflows/release_next.yml
index 73d789d158..1d1d64396f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release_next.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release_next.yml
@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@ jobs:
         id: get_release_status
         run: |
           status=$(sentry-cli releases list | grep 'cdktf-cli-${{ steps.get_version.outputs.version }} ' && echo 'released' || echo 'unreleased')
-          echo "release=${status}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "Sentry returned: ${status}"
+          echo "release=$(echo $status | tr '\n' ' ')" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
         env:
           SENTRY_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.SENTRY_TOKEN }}
       - name: Create a release