diff --git a/.github/workflows/smile-server.yaml b/.github/workflows/smile-server.yaml
index 6363ba77..12583979 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/smile-server.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/smile-server.yaml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ jobs:
 
           # calculate the version and all tags
           if [ "$BRANCH" == "main" ]; then
-            version=$(grep '"version"' www/package.json | sed 's/.*"\([0-9\.]*\)", *$/\1/')
+            VERSION=$(grep '"version"' package.json | sed 's/.*"\([0-9\.]*\)", *$/\1/')
             tags="latest"
             oldversion=""
             tmpversion="${VERSION}"