diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/release-publish.yml
index fbb63e0b..29c3ce34 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-publish.yml
@@ -31,10 +31,17 @@ jobs:
         ./copy_modules.sh
         yarn prepublishOnly
 
+    - name: Install GitVersion
+      uses: gittools/actions/gitversion/setup@v0.9.6
+      with:
+        versionSpec: '5.x'
+
+    - name: Use GitVersion
+      id: gitversion # step id used as reference for output values
+      uses: gittools/actions/gitversion/execute@v0.9.6
+
     - name: Get release version
-      run: | 
-        SEM_VERSION=$(docker run --rm -v "$(pwd):/repo" gittools/gitversion:5.3.5-linux-alpine.3.10-x64-netcoreapp3.1 /repo | jq -r '.SemVer')
-        echo ::set-env name=RELEASE_VERSION::$(echo ${SEM_VERSION})
+      run: echo "RELEASE_VERSION=${{ steps.gitversion.outputs.semVer }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
     - name: Prepare release
       run: npm version --no-git-tag-version --allow-same-version ${{env.RELEASE_VERSION}}