diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-and-publish-to-pypi.yml b/.github/workflows/release-and-publish-to-pypi.yml
index 80491cd..042e429 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-and-publish-to-pypi.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-and-publish-to-pypi.yml
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ jobs:
       id-token: write  # IMPORTANT: mandatory for sigstore
 
     steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
     - name: Download all the dists
       uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
       with:
@@ -92,7 +93,7 @@ jobs:
           ./dist/*.whl
     - name: Get Version
       run: |
-        echo "VERSION=$(cat "../CITATION.cff" | perl -nle'print $& while m{(?<=^version:\s).*}g')" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+        echo "VERSION=$(cat "CITATION.cff" | perl -nle'print $& while m{(?<=^version:\s).*}g')" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
       id: version
     - name: Create GitHub Release
       env:
diff --git a/CITATION.cff b/CITATION.cff
index b2cc06c..05cec59 100644
--- a/CITATION.cff
+++ b/CITATION.cff
@@ -29,5 +29,5 @@ keywords:
   - load
   - loading
 license: Apache-2.0
-version: 1.1.6
+version: 1.1.7
 date-released: '2025-04-17'
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ChangeLog.md b/ChangeLog.md
index 2041135..220d020 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.md
+++ b/ChangeLog.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # [saveable-objects](README.md) Change Log
 
+## Release 1.1.7
+
+- GitHub workflow release generation bug.
+
 ## Release 1.1.6
 
 - Removed duplicated license tabs from the GitHub documentation;
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2b73e9f..fe80fb8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -32,5 +32,5 @@ Source code can be found at: [https://github.com/Christopher-K-Long/saveable-obj
 
 ## Version and Changes
 
-The current version is [`1.1.6`](ChangeLog.md#release-116). Please see the [Change Log](ChangeLog.md) for more
+The current version is [`1.1.7`](ChangeLog.md#release-117). Please see the [Change Log](ChangeLog.md) for more
 details.
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 56c5392..a498608 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
 [project]
 name = "saveable-objects"
-version = "1.1.6"
+version = "1.1.7"
 authors = [
   { name="Christopher_K._Long", email="ckl45@cam.ac.uk" },
 ]