diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index dc36354f..2dbb7762 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -22,16 +22,18 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail
           if [ -d "/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer" ]; then
-            echo "DEVELOPER_DIR=/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+            XCODE_DIR="/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer"
           else
             XCODE_APP="$(ls -d /Applications/Xcode*.app 2>/dev/null | head -n 1 || true)"
             if [ -n "$XCODE_APP" ]; then
-              echo "DEVELOPER_DIR=$XCODE_APP/Contents/Developer" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+              XCODE_DIR="$XCODE_APP/Contents/Developer"
             else
               echo "No Xcode.app found under /Applications" >&2
               exit 1
             fi
           fi
+          echo "DEVELOPER_DIR=$XCODE_DIR" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+          export DEVELOPER_DIR="$XCODE_DIR"
           xcodebuild -version
           xcrun --sdk macosx --show-sdk-path