diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index cd02c08..1ad4239 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ release:
   stage: release
   rules:
     - if: $CI_COMMIT_TAG
+  variables:
+    dry_run: "false"  
   before_script:
     # Install Node.js v21.x manually
     - apt-get update && apt-get install -y curl
@@ -61,8 +63,6 @@ release:
 create-release:
   stage: release
   image: registry.gitlab.com/gitlab-org/release-cli:latest
-  variables:
-  dry_run: "false"
   needs:
     - job: release
   rules: