diff --git a/.github/workflows/docker-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/docker-publish.yml
index f7776f95b..d81634b73 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docker-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docker-publish.yml
@@ -29,8 +29,7 @@ jobs:
           plugins:
             - "@semantic-release/changelog"
             - "@semantic-release/commit-analyzer"
-            - - "@semantic-release/exec"
-              - verifyReleaseCmd: "echo \${nextRelease.version} > VERSION.txt"
+            - "@semantic-release/exec"
             - "@semantic-release/git"
             - "@semantic-release/gitlab"
             - "@semantic-release/release-notes-generator"