diff --git a/.github/workflows/create_release.yaml b/.github/workflows/create_release.yaml
index 108fd54b..0e2f64a0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/create_release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/create_release.yaml
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ jobs:
         v_file=Path("scripts","addons","cam","version.py")
         version_txt=v_file.read_text()
         major,minor,patch = re.match(r".*\((\d+),(\d+),(\d+)\)",version_txt).groups()
+        major=int(major)
+        minor=int(minor)
+        patch=int(patch)
         bump = os.getenv("VERSION_BUMP")
         if bump == "minor":
           minor+=1