diff --git a/.github/scripts/create_draft_release.sh b/.github/scripts/create_draft_release.sh
index ea98378bb..588704fa8 100755
--- a/.github/scripts/create_draft_release.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/create_draft_release.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ set -E          # needs to be set if we want the ERR trap
 set -o pipefail # prevents errors in a pipeline from being masked
 
 RELEASE_TAG=$1
-IS_LATEST_RELEASE=$2
 
 REPOSITORY=${REPOSITORY:-kyma-project/serverless-manager}
 GITHUB_URL=https://api.github.com/repos/${REPOSITORY}
@@ -20,13 +19,11 @@ JSON_PAYLOAD=$(jq -n \
   --arg tag_name "$RELEASE_TAG" \
   --arg name "$RELEASE_TAG" \
   --arg body "$CHANGELOG_FILE" \
-  --arg is_latest "$IS_LATEST_RELEASE" \
   '{
     "tag_name": $tag_name,
     "name": $name,
     "body": $body,
-    "draft": true,
-    "make_latest": $is_latest
+    "draft": true
   }')
 
 CURL_RESPONSE=$(curl -L \
diff --git a/.github/scripts/publish_release.sh b/.github/scripts/publish_release.sh
index 3205ef73c..8110d3101 100755
--- a/.github/scripts/publish_release.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/publish_release.sh
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ set -E          # needs to be set if we want the ERR trap
 set -o pipefail # prevents errors in a pipeline from being masked
 
 RELEASE_ID=$1
+IS_LATEST_RELEASE=$2
 
 REPOSITORY=${REPOSITORY:-kyma-project/serverless-manager}
 GITHUB_URL=https://api.github.com/repos/${REPOSITORY}
@@ -20,4 +21,4 @@ CURL_RESPONSE=$(curl -L \
   -H "${GITHUB_AUTH_HEADER}" \
   -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \
   ${GITHUB_URL}/releases/${RELEASE_ID} \
-  -d '{"draft": false}')
+  -d '{"draft": false, "make_latest": '"$IS_LATEST_RELEASE"'}')
diff --git a/.github/workflows/create-release.yaml b/.github/workflows/create-release.yaml
index e631bb4dc..ac1b3e35e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/create-release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/create-release.yaml
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ jobs:
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         run: |
-          RELEASE_ID=$(./.github/scripts/create_draft_release.sh ${{ github.event.inputs.name }} ${{ github.event.inputs.latest_release }})
+          RELEASE_ID=$(./.github/scripts/create_draft_release.sh ${{ github.event.inputs.name }})
           echo "release_id=$RELEASE_ID" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
       - name: Create lightweight tag
@@ -122,4 +122,4 @@ jobs:
       - name: Publish release
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        run: ./.github/scripts/publish_release.sh ${{ needs.create-draft.outputs.release_id }}
+        run: ./.github/scripts/publish_release.sh ${{ needs.create-draft.outputs.release_id }} ${{ github.event.inputs.latest_release }}