diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 387b46f..cc8f135 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -23,6 +23,14 @@ jobs:
       - name: "📦 install dependencies"
         run: bun install
 
+      - name: Get Author Name and Email
+        run: |
+          AUTHOR_NAME=$(git log -1 --pretty=format:%an ${{ github.sha }})
+          AUTHOR_EMAIL=$(git log -1 --pretty=format:%ae ${{ github.sha }})
+          echo "AUTHOR_NAME=$AUTHOR_NAME" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "AUTHOR_EMAIL=$AUTHOR_EMAIL" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        id: author_info
+  
       - name: "Semantic release🚀"
         id: release
         env:
@@ -30,15 +38,7 @@ jobs:
           CARGO_REGISTRY_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CARGO_TOKEN }}
           GIT_COMMITTER_NAME: "github-actions[bot]"
           GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL: "41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
-          GIT_AUTHOR_NAME: $(git log -1 --pretty=format:%an ${GITHUB_SHA})
-          GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL: $(git log -1 --pretty=format:%ae ${GITHUB_SHA})
+          GIT_AUTHOR_NAME: ${{ steps.author_info.outputs.AUTHOR_NAME }}
+          GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL: ${{ steps.author_info.outputs.AUTHOR_EMAIL }}
         run: |
             bun x semantic-release
-  
-      - name: "echo outputs"
-        run: |
-          echo "RELEASE_TAG: ${{ env.RELEASE_TAG }}"
-          echo "RELEASE_VERSION: ${{ env.RELEASE_VERSION }}"
-          echo "outputs.release-tag: ${{ steps.release.outputs.release-tag }}"
-          echo "outputs.release-version: ${{ steps.release.outputs.release-version }}"
-      
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 44d5c75..97bad2b 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "fastembed"
-version = "1.1.1"
+version = "1.1.2"
 edition = "2021"
 description = "Rust implementation of https://github.com/qdrant/fastembed"
 license = "MIT"