diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_test_deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/build_test_deploy.yml
index 7a9b9371..e5a8ecac 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_test_deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_test_deploy.yml
@@ -416,8 +416,11 @@ jobs:
         id: changelog
         shell: bash
         run: |
+            delimiter="$RANDOM"
             pushd . && cd towncrier/newsfragments && ls -Art | tail -n 1 | cut -d. -f1 | xargs -0I % echo "issue=%" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT && popd
-            pushd . && cd towncrier/newsfragments && ls -Art | tail -n 1 | xargs cat | xargs -0I % echo "content=%" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT && popd
+            echo "content<<${delimiter}" >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
+            pushd . && cd towncrier/newsfragments && ls -Art | tail -n 1 | xargs cat | xargs -0I % echo "%" >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}" && popd
+            echo "${delimiter}" >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
       - name: Construct message for release
         shell: bash
         env:
diff --git a/towncrier/newsfragments/2744.misc b/towncrier/newsfragments/2744.misc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2d792a50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/towncrier/newsfragments/2744.misc
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Fix tag-release step in workflow which prevented github releases from being created automatically. 
+Cause was that a specific method is required for assigning multi-line strings in github workflow files:
+https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/workflow-commands-for-github-actions#multiline-strings