diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 11e79ff346..ddcca98eb5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
       SLACK_WEBHOOK: ${{ secrets.SLACK_WEBHOOK }}
       # New JDK version makes 'localhost' lookup on linux return ipv6.
       # Our test containers are on ipv4. We need to make 'localhost' resolve to ipv4.
-      _JAVA_OPTIONS: -Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack=true
+      JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS: -Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack=true
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3