diff --git a/.github/workflows/ephemeral-deploy.yaml b/.github/workflows/ephemeral-deploy.yaml
index 81ec1637..3bedbb1e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ephemeral-deploy.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ephemeral-deploy.yaml
@@ -99,8 +99,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Generate container app name
         id: checksum
         run: |
-          REPOSITORY_NAME="${{ inputs.repositoryName }}"
-          CHECKSUM=$(echo -n '${REPOSITORY_NAME}-${{ steps.jira-ticket.outputs.jiraTicketIdLc }}' | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]' | sed 's/[^a-z0-9-]//g' | sed 's/--/-/g' | sed 's/^-//;s/-$//' | cut -c1-31 | md5sum | cut -d' ' -f1 | sed 's/^\([0-9]\)/a\1/')
+          CHECKSUM=$(echo -n '${{ inputs.repositoryName }}-${{ steps.jira-ticket.outputs.jiraTicketIdLc }}' | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]' | sed 's/[^a-z0-9-]//g' | sed 's/--/-/g' | sed 's/^-//;s/-$//' | cut -c1-31 | md5sum | cut -d' ' -f1 | sed 's/^\([0-9]\)/a\1/')
           SHORT_CHECKSUM=${CHECKSUM:0:20}
           CONTAINER_APP_NAME="${SHORT_CHECKSUM}-${{ steps.jira-ticket.outputs.jiraTicketIdLc }}"
           echo "containerAppName=${CONTAINER_APP_NAME}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT