diff --git a/.github/workflows/olm.yaml b/.github/workflows/olm.yaml
index b393b96b1..bc9ca5980 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/olm.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/olm.yaml
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
 name: "Publish to operatorHUB"
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
-    inputs:
-      version:
-        description: version of the operator to publish
-        required: true
 
 jobs:
   operator-hub-prod-release:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/reusable-operator-hub-release.yaml b/.github/workflows/reusable-operator-hub-release.yaml
index 7bd89d574..5be6ee25e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/reusable-operator-hub-release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/reusable-operator-hub-release.yaml
@@ -36,13 +36,6 @@ jobs:
               --source ${{ inputs.org }}/${{ inputs.repo }} \
               --force
 
-      - name: Determine operator version to release
-        id: operator-version
-        run: echo "version=$(grep -Eo '## [0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+' CHANGELOG.md | head -n 1 | awk '{print $2}')" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-        env:
-          BRANCH: ${{ inputs.branch }}
-
-
       - name: Checkout operatorhub repo
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
@@ -56,6 +49,10 @@ jobs:
           token: ${{ secrets.TEMPOOPERATORBOT_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           path: tmp/
 
+      - name: Determine operator version to release
+        id: operator-version
+        run: echo "version=$(grep -Eo '## [0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+' tmp/CHANGELOG.md | head -n 1 | awk '{print $2}')" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+
       - name: Update version
         env:
           VERSION: ${{ steps.operator-version.outputs.version }}
diff --git a/events.txt b/events.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb