diff --git a/release-branch-pipeline.yml b/release-branch-pipeline.yml
index 980d45d47..31f21941d 100644
--- a/release-branch-pipeline.yml
+++ b/release-branch-pipeline.yml
@@ -39,14 +39,14 @@ jobs:
                 # version
                 Write-Host $pomXml.project.version
                 $VERSION=$pomXml.project.version
-                Write-Host "##vso[task.setvariable variable=version_from_pom;]$VERSION"
+                Write-Host "##vso[task.setvariable variable=version_from_pom;isOutput=true;]$VERSION"
           displayName: Save pom file version to local variable.
         - task: Bash@3
            # Prints out the build version, for debugging purposes
           inputs:
              targetType: 'inline'
              script: |
-                echo Pulled version from pom.xml => $(version_from_pom)
+                echo Pulled version from pom.xml => $(VERSION)
           displayName: Debug print release version
         - task: Bash@3
           # Azure pipelines cannot pass variables between pipelines, but it can pass files, so we
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ jobs:
              script: |
                 echo $(version_from_pom)
                 VERSION=$(version_from_pom)
-                echo "$VERSION" > $(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory)/VERSION
+                echo "$VERSION" > $(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory)/VERSION)
           displayName: Save Release Version to File
         - task: CopyFiles@2
           # Copies the VERSION file containing the build id (ex: 1.1.13-SNAPSHOT) to the staging directory