diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index c708522634..5424d7c041 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -171,8 +171,11 @@ jobs:
           pip install towncrier
 
       - name: "Get release notes"
-        id: get_release_notes
+        id: "get_release_notes"
+        shell: "bash"
         run: |
+          # The last commit before the release commit contains the release CHANGES fragments
+          git checkout "${TAG_NAME}~"
           NOTES=$(towncrier build --draft --version $TAG_NAME)
           echo "body<<EOF" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           echo "$NOTES" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scripts/build_python_client.sh b/.github/workflows/scripts/build_python_client.sh
index 340e610a0f..1eec5eda7c 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/scripts/build_python_client.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/scripts/build_python_client.sh
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ pushd pulpcore-client
 python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel --python-tag py3
 
 twine check "dist/pulpcore_client-"*"-py3-none-any.whl"
-twine check "dist/pulpcore-client-"*".tar.gz"
+twine check "dist/pulpcore_client-"*".tar.gz"
 
 tar cvf "../../pulpcore/core-python-client.tar" ./dist
 
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ pushd pulp_file-client
 python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel --python-tag py3
 
 twine check "dist/pulp_file_client-"*"-py3-none-any.whl"
-twine check "dist/pulp_file-client-"*".tar.gz"
+twine check "dist/pulp_file_client-"*".tar.gz"
 
 tar cvf "../../pulpcore/file-python-client.tar" ./dist
 
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ pushd pulp_certguard-client
 python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel --python-tag py3
 
 twine check "dist/pulp_certguard_client-"*"-py3-none-any.whl"
-twine check "dist/pulp_certguard-client-"*".tar.gz"
+twine check "dist/pulp_certguard_client-"*".tar.gz"
 
 tar cvf "../../pulpcore/certguard-python-client.tar" ./dist