diff --git a/.github/workflows/gerrit-verify.yaml b/.github/workflows/gerrit-verify.yaml
index c7b8c0c..a5475b6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/gerrit-verify.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/gerrit-verify.yaml
@@ -63,6 +63,6 @@
       GERRIT_PATCHSET_REVISION: ${{ inputs.GERRIT_PATCHSET_REVISION }}
       GERRIT_PROJECT: ${{ inputs.GERRIT_PROJECT }}
       GERRIT_REFSPEC: ${{ inputs.GERRIT_REFSPEC }}
-      UNIT_TEST_TARGETS: "test"
+      UNIT_TEST_TARGETS: '["test"]'
     secrets:
       GERRIT_SSH_PRIVKEY: ${{ secrets.GERRIT_SSH_PRIVKEY }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index 598e2e9..ce91b56 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
           python-version: ${{ env.python-version }}
 
       - name: Build package distribution files
-        uses: opencord/shared-workflows/.github/workflows/verify-unit-tests.yaml@main
+        uses: opencord/shared-workflows/.github/actions/pypi-publish-action@main
         with:
           pypi-username: ${{ secrets.PYPI_USERNAME }}
           pypi-password: ${{ secrets.PYPI_PASSWORD }}