diff --git a/.goreleaser.yml b/.goreleaser.yml
index b1c33fc89..47b69c34c 100644
--- a/.goreleaser.yml
+++ b/.goreleaser.yml
@@ -27,14 +27,7 @@ dockers:
     goarch: amd64
     image_templates:
       # if version contains 0.0.0 this is a beta build, for which we don't apply the `latest` tag and apply `beta` tag instead
-      - &amd_latest_image >-
-        {{- if contains .Version "0.0.0"}}
-        ghcr.io/srl-labs/clab:beta-amd64
-        {{- else}}
-          {{- if not .IsSnapshot}}
-        ghcr.io/srl-labs/clab:latest-amd64
-          {{- end}}
-        {{- end }}
+      - &amd_latest_image '{{- if contains .Version "0.0.0"}}ghcr.io/srl-labs/clab:beta-amd64{{- else}}{{- if not .IsSnapshot}}ghcr.io/srl-labs/clab:latest-amd64{{- end}}{{- end }}'
       - &amd_versioned_image 'ghcr.io/srl-labs/clab:{{ replace .Version "v" "" }}-amd64'
     build_flag_templates:
       - "--platform=linux/amd64"
@@ -44,14 +37,7 @@ dockers:
     goarch: arm64
     image_templates:
       # if version contains 0.0.0 this is a beta build, for which we don't apply the `latest` tag and apply `beta` tag instead
-      - &arm_latest_image >-
-        {{- if contains .Version "0.0.0"}}
-        ghcr.io/srl-labs/clab:beta-arm64
-        {{- else}}
-          {{- if not .IsSnapshot}}
-        ghcr.io/srl-labs/clab:latest-arm64
-          {{- end}}
-        {{- end }}
+      - &arm_latest_image '{{- if contains .Version "0.0.0"}}ghcr.io/srl-labs/clab:beta-arm64{{- else}}{{- if not .IsSnapshot}}ghcr.io/srl-labs/clab:latest-arm64{{- end}}{{- end }}'
       - &arm_versioned_image 'ghcr.io/srl-labs/clab:{{ replace .Version "v" ""}}-arm64'
     build_flag_templates:
       - "--platform=linux/arm64"
@@ -64,14 +50,7 @@ docker_manifests:
       - *amd_versioned_image
       - *arm_versioned_image
   # this manifest creates a `latest` or `beta` tag based on the version of the release
-  - name_template: >-
-      {{- if contains .Version "0.0.0"}}
-      ghcr.io/srl-labs/clab:beta
-      {{- else}}
-        {{- if not .IsSnapshot}}
-      ghcr.io/srl-labs/clab:latest
-        {{- end}}
-      {{- end }}
+  - name_template: '{{- if contains .Version "0.0.0"}}ghcr.io/srl-labs/clab:beta{{- else}}{{- if not .IsSnapshot}}ghcr.io/srl-labs/clab:latest{{- end}}{{- end }}'
     image_templates:
       - *amd_latest_image
       - *arm_latest_image