diff --git a/.github/actions/manage-version/action.yml b/.github/actions/manage-version/action.yml
index 5cdfa0adc..6d9f81a14 100644
--- a/.github/actions/manage-version/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/manage-version/action.yml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ runs:
         PULL_REQUEST_BRANCH: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.ref }}
       shell: bash
       run: |
-        echo "-pull-request-$PULL_REQUEST_BRANCH" > latest-subsurface-buildnumber-extension
+        echo "pull-request-$PULL_REQUEST_BRANCH" > latest-subsurface-buildnumber-extension
 
     - name: store version number for the build
       id: version_number
diff --git a/.github/workflows/linux-ubuntu-16.04-5.12-appimage.yml b/.github/workflows/linux-ubuntu-16.04-5.12-appimage.yml
index aa2f5cd1d..cdb6ce1b2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/linux-ubuntu-16.04-5.12-appimage.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/linux-ubuntu-16.04-5.12-appimage.yml
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ jobs:
     # only publish a 'release' on push events (those include merging a PR)
     - name: upload binaries
       if: github.event_name == 'push'
-      uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
+      uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
       with:
         tag_name: v${{ steps.version_number.outputs.version }}
         repository: ${{ github.repository_owner }}/nightly-builds