diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yaml b/.github/workflows/build.yaml
index 2c34c005..2db466a8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yaml
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ jobs:
                 export extra_pytest=""
                 if [[ "${GITHUB_REF}" == "refs/tags/*" ]]; then 
                   export build_type="release"; 
-                  export target="nil"; 
+                  export target=""; 
                 else 
                   export build_type="dev";
                   export target="ci-runtime";