diff --git a/.github/workflows/tag-release.yml b/.github/workflows/tag-release.yml
index 40340ad2f1..47e8c5c11d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tag-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tag-release.yml
@@ -48,4 +48,4 @@ jobs:
           # setup the username and email.
           git config --global user.name "Budibase Staging Release Bot"
           git config --global user.email "<>"
-          ./scripts/versionCommit.sh ${{ github.event.inputs.versioning:-patch }}
+          ./scripts/versionCommit.sh ${{ github.event.inputs.versioning || "patch" }}