diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-release.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-release.yml
index 2e0431c85b..1fc6dbb6f6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-release.yml
@@ -125,13 +125,18 @@ jobs:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.BALLERINA_BOT_TOKEN }}
         run: |
           gh repo view ballerina-platform/ballerina-dev-website -b release-2201.7.0 --json url --jq '.clone_url'
-          gh api repos/ballerina-platform/ballerina-dev-website/contents/downloads/verify-ballerina-artifacts.md?ref=release-2201.7.0 -H 'Accept: application/vnd.github.v3.raw' > release_notes.md
-      - name: Update Markdown file
+          gh api repos/ballerina-platform/ballerina-dev-website/contents/downloads/verify-ballerina-artifacts.md -H 'Accept: application/vnd.github.v3.raw' > release_notes.md
+          sed -i '1,10d' release_notes.md
+      - name: Retrieve Branch
+        id: retrieve-branch
         run: |
           branchName=$(echo ${{ github.ref }} | cut -d'/' -f3)
-          if ${{ github.event.inputs.isPreRelease }} == 'true'; then
-            echo "" > release_notes.md;
-          else sed -i 's/{{ version }}/${{ steps.version-set.outputs.taggedVersion }}/g' release_notes.md; sed -i 's/{{ branch }}/$branchName/g' release_notes.md; fi
+          echo "::set-output name=branchName::$branchName"
+      - name: Update Markdown file
+        run: |
+          if ${{ github.event.inputs.isPreRelease }} == 'true'; then 
+            echo "" > release_notes.md; 
+          else sed -i 's/{{ version }}/${{ steps.version-set.outputs.taggedVersion }}/g' release_notes.md; sed -i 's/{{ branch }}/${{ steps.retrieve-branch.outputs.branchName }}/g' release_notes.md; fi
       - name: Read release notes from file
         id: release_notes
         uses: actions/github-script@v4