diff --git a/.github/actions/build-source-tarball/action.yml b/.github/actions/build-source-tarball/action.yml
index 3e48b4f0749..e2f496b817e 100644
--- a/.github/actions/build-source-tarball/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/build-source-tarball/action.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 name: build-source-tarball
 description: Build Source Tarball
 inputs:
+  salt-version:
+    type: string
+    required: true
+    description: The Salt version to set prior to building the tarball.
   nox-version:
     required: false
     type: string
@@ -28,13 +32,13 @@ runs:
     - name: Download Release Changes
       uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
       with:
-        name: salt-${{ env.SALT_VERSION }}.diff
+        name: salt-${{ inputs.salt-version }}.diff
 
     - name: Apply release changes
       shell: bash
       run: |
-        git apply salt-${{ env.SALT_VERSION }}.diff
-        rm salt-${{ env.SALT_VERSION }}.diff
+        git apply salt-${{ inputs.salt-version }}.diff
+        rm salt-${{ inputs.salt-version }}.diff
 
     - name: Create Source Tarball
       shell: bash
@@ -44,12 +48,12 @@ runs:
     - name: Create Hash Files
       shell: bash
       run: |
-        tools pkg generate-hashes dist/salt-${{ env.SALT_VERSION }}.tar.gz
+        tools pkg generate-hashes dist/salt-${{ inputs.salt-version }}.tar.gz
 
     - name: Upload Source Tarball as an Artifact
       uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
       with:
-        name: salt-${{ env.SALT_VERSION }}.tar.gz
+        name: salt-${{ inputs.salt-version }}.tar.gz
         path: dist/salt-*.tar.gz*
         retention-days: 7
         if-no-files-found: error
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index d235e6b3a10..7b6bb079454 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -273,6 +273,8 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Build Source Tarball
         uses: ./.github/actions/build-source-tarball
+        with:
+          salt-version: "${{ needs.prepare-workflow.outputs.salt-version }}"
 
   build-deps-onedir:
     name: Build Dependencies Onedir