Try this

Author: jrfnl

.github/workflows/verify-release.yml

@@ -150,7 +150,9 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Retrieve latest release info (including prereleases)
         id: get_latest_release
-        run: gh release list --repo PHPCSStandards/PHP_CodeSniffer --limit 1 --json tagName
+        run:  |
+          latestRelease="$(gh release list --repo PHPCSStandards/PHP_CodeSniffer --limit 1 --json tagName)"
+          echo 'LATEST='$latestRelease >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
@@ -161,7 +163,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Grab latest tag name from API response
         id: version
         run: |
-          echo "TAG=${{ fromJson(steps.get_latest_release.outputs.data).tagName }}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          echo "TAG=${{ fromJson(steps.get_latest_release.outputs.LATEST).tagName }}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
 
       - name: "DEBUG: Show tag name found in API response"
         run: "echo ${{ steps.version.outputs.TAG }}"