diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 10021de69c526ab787f66f5661288f2df21c4c1c..61c63e4f82d91918f6faba37f32e1e3d7946acbb 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -35,9 +35,11 @@ release:
   stage: release
   image: registry.gitlab.com/gitlab-org/release-cli:latest
   script: 
+    - FILE_URL="${CI_API_V4_URL}/projects/${CI_PROJECT_ID}/packages/generic/gocanary/${CI_COMMIT_TAG}/gocanary"
+    - echo Release URL is $FILE_URL
     - release-cli create --name release-branch-$CI_JOB_ID --description "Some description" 
       --tag-name $CI_COMMIT_TAG 
-      --assets-link '{"name":"Binary","url":"https://${CI_API_V4_URL}/projects/${CI_PROJECT_ID}/packages/generic/gocanary/${CI_COMMIT_TAG}/gocanary","link_type":"package"}'
+      --assets-link '{"name":"Binary","url":"'"$FILE_URL"'","link_type":"package"}'
   rules:
     - if: $CI_COMMIT_TAG