diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/actions.yaml b/.gitea/workflows/actions.yaml
index 8b20901..0c87003 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/actions.yaml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/actions.yaml
@@ -62,6 +62,11 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Parse Kubernetes version
+        uses: mikefarah/yq@master
+        id: get_k8sversion
+        with:
+          cmd: yq '.components.clusterapi.workload.version.k8s' ansible/vars/metacluster.yml
       - name: Setup `packer`
         uses: hashicorp/setup-packer@main
         id: setup
@@ -75,15 +80,15 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           packer validate \
             -only=vsphere-iso.bootstrap \
-            -var vm_name=${DRONE_BUILD_NUMBER}-${DRONE_COMMIT_SHA:0:10}-$(openssl rand -hex 3) \
+            -var vm_name=${{ gitea.job }}-${{ gitea.sha:0:10 }}-$(openssl rand -hex 3) \
             -var docker_username=${{ secrets.DOCKER_USERNAME }} \
             -var docker_password=${{ secrets.DOCKER_PASSWORD }} \
             -var repo_username=${{ secrets.REPO_USERNAME }} \
             -var repo_password=${{ secrets.REPO_PASSWORD }} \
             -var ssh_password=${{ secrets.SSH_PASSWORD }} \
             -var hv_password=${{ secrets.HV_PASSWORD }} \
-            -var k8s_version=$K8S_VERSION \
-            -var appliance_version=$APPLIANCE_VERSION \
+            -var k8s_version=${{ steps.get_k8sversion.outputs.result }} \
+            -var appliance_version=${{ needs.semrel_dryrun.outputs.version }} \
             ./packer
       # - name: Build Artifact
       #   run: packer build -color=false -on-error=abort ./image.pkr.hcl