diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-binaries.yml b/.github/workflows/release-binaries.yml
index 1cde628d3f66c..fc5431c96bbf0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-binaries.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-binaries.yml
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ jobs:
         USER_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_TASKS_USER_TOKEN }}
       shell: bash
       run: |
-        ./llvm/utils/release/./github-upload-release.py --token "$GITHUB_TOKEN" --user ${{ github.actor }} --user-token "$USER_TOKEN" check-permissions
+        ./llvm/utils/release/./github-upload-release.py --token "$GITHUB_TOKEN" --user "$GITHUB_ACTOR" --user-token "$USER_TOKEN" check-permissions
 
     - name: Collect Variables
       id: vars
@@ -102,8 +102,8 @@ jobs:
           release_version="$trimmed"
           ref="llvmorg-$release_version"
         else
-          release_version="${{ (github.event_name == 'pull_request' && format('PR{0}', github.event.pull_request.number)) || 'CI'}}-${{ github.sha }}"
-          ref=${{ github.sha }}
+          release_version="${{ (github.event_name == 'pull_request' && format('PR{0}', github.event.pull_request.number)) || 'CI'}}-$GITHUB_SHA"
+          ref="$GITHUB_SHA"
         fi
         if [ -n "${{ inputs.upload }}" ]; then
           upload="${{ inputs.upload }}"
@@ -114,20 +114,20 @@ jobs:
         echo "ref=$ref" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
         echo "upload=$upload" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
-        release_binary_basename="LLVM-$release_version-${{ runner.os }}-${{ runner.arch }}"
+        release_binary_basename="LLVM-$release_version-$RUNNER_OS-$RUNNER_ARCH"
         echo "release-binary-basename=$release_binary_basename" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
         echo "release-binary-filename=$release_binary_basename.tar.xz" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
         # Detect necessary CMake flags
-        target="${{ runner.os }}-${{ runner.arch }}"
+        target="$RUNNER_OS-$RUNNER_ARCH"
         echo "enable-pgo=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
         target_cmake_flags="-DLLVM_RELEASE_ENABLE_PGO=OFF"
         # The macOS builds try to cross compile some libraries so we need to
         # add extra CMake args to disable them.
         # See https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/issues/99767
-        if [ "${{ runner.os }}" = "macOS" ]; then
+        if [ "$RUNNER_OS" = "macOS" ]; then
           target_cmake_flags="$target_cmake_flags -DBOOTSTRAP_COMPILER_RT_ENABLE_IOS=OFF"
-          if [ "${{ runner.arch }}" = "ARM64" ]; then
+          if [ "$RUNNER_ARCH" = "ARM64" ]; then
             arches=arm64
           else
             arches=x86_64
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ jobs:
 
         build_flang="true"
 
-        if [ "${{ runner.os }}" = "Windows" ]; then
+        if [ "$RUNNER_OS" = "Windows" ]; then
           # The build times out on Windows, so we need to disable LTO.
           target_cmake_flags="$target_cmake_flags -DLLVM_RELEASE_ENABLE_LTO=OFF"
         fi