diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-1.x.yml b/.github/workflows/release-1.x.yml
index 5e8535bf4d..9d5919d13d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-1.x.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-1.x.yml
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ jobs:
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           GITHUB_REPOSITORY: ${{ github.repository }}
-          GITHUB_REF: ${{ github.ref }}
+          GITHUB_REF: ${{ github.sha }}
         run: errout=$(mktemp); gh release create $(cat dist/releasetag.txt) -R $GITHUB_REPOSITORY -F dist/changelog.md -t $(cat dist/releasetag.txt) --target $GITHUB_REF 2> $errout && true; exitcode=$?; if [ $exitcode -ne 0 ] && ! grep -q "Release.tag_name already exists" $errout; then cat $errout; exit $exitcode; fi
   release_npm:
     name: Publish to npm
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 3709ed1664..408f757878 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ jobs:
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           GITHUB_REPOSITORY: ${{ github.repository }}
-          GITHUB_REF: ${{ github.ref }}
+          GITHUB_REF: ${{ github.sha }}
         run: errout=$(mktemp); gh release create $(cat dist/releasetag.txt) -R $GITHUB_REPOSITORY -F dist/changelog.md -t $(cat dist/releasetag.txt) --target $GITHUB_REF 2> $errout && true; exitcode=$?; if [ $exitcode -ne 0 ] && ! grep -q "Release.tag_name already exists" $errout; then cat $errout; exit $exitcode; fi
   release_npm:
     name: Publish to npm
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index adce3e1f3c..64ce21fee8 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
     "jsii-pacmak": "^1.98.0",
     "jsii-rosetta": "^5",
     "json-schema-to-typescript": "^10.1.5",
-    "projen": "^0.81.13",
+    "projen": "^0.81.15",
     "standard-version": "^9",
     "ts-jest": "^27",
     "typescript": "~5.4.5"
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 518353e5cf..9f3baf1998 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -4882,10 +4882,10 @@ process-nextick-args@~2.0.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/process-nextick-args/-/process-nextick-args-2.0.1.tgz#7820d9b16120cc55ca9ae7792680ae7dba6d7fe2"
   integrity sha512-3ouUOpQhtgrbOa17J7+uxOTpITYWaGP7/AhoR3+A+/1e9skrzelGi/dXzEYyvbxubEF6Wn2ypscTKiKJFFn1ag==
 
-projen@^0.81.13:
-  version "0.81.13"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/projen/-/projen-0.81.13.tgz#ea2cab002a00df46dc324515b4b47571cda2afd9"
-  integrity sha512-gmH+/lvhUitjrCNNvV2ZRmiQ6D4sbGVfOBHND5bsEUm/58b5zz5LUvjj3wn5O3/2dECNMlimaYTBAyNuzV1aCw==
+projen@^0.81.15:
+  version "0.81.15"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/projen/-/projen-0.81.15.tgz#6eca919899099fa7a74894a2a0e189c1769e1e00"
+  integrity sha512-Frr2bcYzqZqgk6yQarjHm+lOQRWW6qAP6LAB7ZgtoxqJUN74tzllbceoGTBY/QOG6DLHJORNlvFQ9xMnXM576A==
   dependencies:
     "@iarna/toml" "^2.2.5"
     case "^1.6.3"