diff --git a/.github/actions/publish-release/action.yaml b/.github/actions/publish-release/action.yaml
index 743bcbed7..d0b46b75d 100644
--- a/.github/actions/publish-release/action.yaml
+++ b/.github/actions/publish-release/action.yaml
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ runs:
         gsutil -h "Cache-Control:public,max-age=3600,s-maxage=3600" -m rsync -x "^index.yaml$" -d packages-selfhosted-charts/ "gs://${CHARTS_BUCKET}"
         gsutil -h "Cache-Control:public,max-age=180,s-maxage=30" cp packages-selfhosted-charts/index.yaml "gs://${CHARTS_BUCKET}"
 
+
     # Step 7: Upload to Replicated
     - name: Upload release to Replicated
       shell: bash
@@ -100,7 +101,9 @@ runs:
         REPLICATED_API_TOKEN: ${{ inputs.replicated-api-token }}
       run: |
         cp carto-${{ inputs.version }}*.tgz manifests/
-        replicated release create -y --auto \
+        replicated release create -y --yaml-dir manifests/ \
           --promote "${{inputs.replicated-channel}}" \
           --version "${{inputs.version}}" \
-          --release-notes "${{ inputs.release-notes }}"
+          --release-notes "${{ inputs.release-notes }}" \
+          --ensure-channel \
+          --debug