diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/release.yml b/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
index be7ce63..1079c59 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
@@ -59,33 +59,15 @@ jobs:
 
           release_json=$(curl -sS -H "Authorization: token ${RELEASE_TOKEN}" \
             "${API_URL}/repos/${REPO}/releases/tags/${TAG}")
-          release_id=$(python3 - <<'PY'
-import json, sys
-data = json.load(sys.stdin)
-print(data.get("id", ""))
-PY
-          <<<"$release_json")
+          release_id=$(python3 -c 'import json,sys; print(json.load(sys.stdin).get("id",""))' <<<"$release_json")
 
           if [ -z "$release_id" ]; then
-            create_payload=$(python3 - <<'PY'
-import json, os
-print(json.dumps({
-  "tag_name": os.environ["TAG"],
-  "name": os.environ["TAG"],
-  "body": ""
-}))
-PY
-            )
+            create_payload=$(python3 -c 'import json,os; print(json.dumps({"tag_name": os.environ["TAG"], "name": os.environ["TAG"], "body": ""}))')
             release_json=$(curl -sS -H "Authorization: token ${RELEASE_TOKEN}" \
               -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
               -d "$create_payload" \
               "${API_URL}/repos/${REPO}/releases")
-            release_id=$(python3 - <<'PY'
-import json, sys
-data = json.load(sys.stdin)
-print(data.get("id", ""))
-PY
-            <<<"$release_json")
+            release_id=$(python3 -c 'import json,sys; print(json.load(sys.stdin).get("id",""))' <<<"$release_json")
           fi
 
           for file in dist/*.tar.gz; do