diff --git a/.github/workflows/nightly-docker-build-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/nightly-docker-build-publish.yml
index e179a28f3..197a68212 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nightly-docker-build-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nightly-docker-build-publish.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Create Matrix
         id: get-matrix
         run: |
-          examples=($(echo ${{ env.EXAMPLES }} | tr ',' ' '))
+          examples=($(echo ${EXAMPLES} | tr ',' ' '))
           examples_json=$(printf '%s\n' "${examples[@]}" | sort -u | jq -R '.' | jq -sc '.')
           echo "examples=$examples_json" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
     uses: ./.github/workflows/_example-workflow.yml
     with:
-      node: ${{ env.NODE }}
+      node: ${NODE}
       example: ${{ matrix.example }}
       inject_commit: true
     secrets: inherit
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ jobs:
   get-image-list:
     uses: ./.github/workflows/_get-image-list.yml
     with:
-      examples: ${{ env.EXAMPLES }}
+      examples: ${EXAMPLES}
 
   publish:
     needs: [get-image-list, build]
@@ -61,6 +61,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Image Publish
         uses: opea-project/validation/actions/image-publish@main
         with:
-          local_image_ref: ${OPEA_IMAGE_REPO}opea/${{ matrix.image }}:${{ env.TAG }}
+          local_image_ref: ${OPEA_IMAGE_REPO}opea/${{ matrix.image }}:${TAG}
           image_name: opea/${{ matrix.image }}
-          publish_tags: ${{ env.PUBLISH_TAGS }}
+          publish_tags: ${PUBLISH_TAGS}