diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yaml b/.github/workflows/build.yaml
index e7373281..b0059194 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yaml
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ jobs:
             - name: Get Date
               id: get-date
               run: |
-                echo "date=$(/bin/date -u "+%Y%m%d")" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+                echo "date=$(/bin/date -u "+%Y%m%d")" | tee -a $GITHUB_OUTPUT
               shell: bash
 
             - uses: actions/cache@v2
@@ -106,7 +106,6 @@ jobs:
                   commit_sha=$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)
                   ve1/bin/build-and-test --image-name="quay.io/redhat-certification/chart-verifier" --sha-value=$commit_sha --build-only="True"}
 
-
             - name: Build podman Image
               working-directory: ./chart-verifier
               id: build_podman_image
@@ -117,7 +116,7 @@ jobs:
                   image_tag="podman-"$commit_sha
                   echo "use image tag $image_tag"
                   podman build -t quay.io/redhat-certification/chart-verifier:$image_tag .
-                  echo "podman_image_tag=$image_tag" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+                  echo "podman_image_tag=$image_tag" | tee -a $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
             - name: Create tarfile
               id: create-tarfile
@@ -126,7 +125,6 @@ jobs:
                 # create test tarball for the tests
                 ve1/bin/tar-file --release="test"
 
-
             - name: Login to oc
               working-directory: ./chart-verifier
               env:
@@ -211,7 +209,7 @@ jobs:
               run: |
                 git fetch
                 export ORIGIN_MASTER_SHA=$(git rev-parse origin/master)
-                echo "origin_master_sha=$ORIGIN_MASTER_SHA" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+                echo "origin_master_sha=$ORIGIN_MASTER_SHA" | tee -a $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
             - name: Create release tag
               id: create_release_tag
diff --git a/scripts/src/utils/utils.py b/scripts/src/utils/utils.py
index a6a33639..ac148a56 100644
--- a/scripts/src/utils/utils.py
+++ b/scripts/src/utils/utils.py
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 import os
 
-def add_output(name,value):
-    with open(os.environ['GITHUB_OUTPUT'],'a') as fh:
-        print(f'{name}={value}',file=fh)
+def add_output(key,value):
+    """This function prints the key/value pair to stdout in a "key=value" format.
+
+    If called from a GitHub workflow, it also sets an output parameter.
+    """
+
+    print(f'{key}={value}')
+
+    if "GITHUB_OUTPUT" in os.environ:
+        with open(os.environ['GITHUB_OUTPUT'],'a') as fh:
+            print(f'{key}={value}',file=fh)