diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index 44ca38d..5ab7b66 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 global-variables:
-  release: &release ${DRONE_BRANCH##/**}
+  release: &release ${DRONE_BRANCH##**/}
   environment: &environment
     JAVA_VERSION: 11
     GRADLE_VERSION: 7.1
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ steps:
         - GRADLE_VERSION
         - JAVA_VERSION
       build-args:
-        CRE_VERSION: ${DRONE_BRANCH##/**}
+        CRE_VERSION: *release
       repo: *docker-registry-repo
     when:
       branch: release/**