diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index a8ba0552..13f769ec 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -3,9 +3,6 @@ name: Release
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs:
-      version:
-        description: "The new version to set"
-        required: true
       following_version:
         description: "The post (dev) version to set"
       dry_run:
@@ -25,7 +22,6 @@ env:
   # to 'false' when the input is set to 'false'.
   DRY_RUN: ${{ ! contains(inputs.dry_run, 'false') }}
   FOLLOWING_VERSION: ${{ inputs.following_version || '' }}
-  VERSION: ${{ inputs.version || '10.10.10.10' }}
 
 defaults:
   run:
@@ -55,7 +51,6 @@ jobs:
       - uses: mongodb-labs/drivers-github-tools/python/pre-publish@v2
         id: pre-publish
         with:
-          version: ${{ env.VERSION }}
           dry_run: ${{ env.DRY_RUN }}
 
   build-dist:
@@ -115,7 +110,6 @@ jobs:
           artifactory_username: ${{ vars.ARTIFACTORY_USERNAME }}
       - uses: mongodb-labs/drivers-github-tools/python/post-publish@v2
         with:
-          version: ${{ env.VERSION }}
           following_version: ${{ env.FOLLOWING_VERSION }}
           product_name: ${{ env.PRODUCT_NAME }}
           evergreen_project: ${{ env.EVERGREEN_PROJECT }}