diff --git a/.github/workflows/integration.yml b/.github/workflows/integration.yml
index 8d79d11..1005de0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/integration.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/integration.yml
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ jobs:
         if: runner.os == 'Linux'
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
         with:
-          name: metadata
+          name: ${{ steps.ostag.outputs.ostag }}
           path: |
             ./code.json
             ./code.md
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 58ca29f..0228996 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ jobs:
         if: runner.os == 'Linux'
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
         with:
-          name: ${{ env.DIST }}
+          name: ${{ steps.ostag.outputs.ostag }}
           path: |
             ./code.json
             ./code.md
@@ -158,14 +158,20 @@ jobs:
           echo "$repo current version is $current"
           echo "$repo next version is $next"
 
+      - name: Get OS tag
+        id: ostag
+        run: |
+          ostag=$(python -c "from modflow_devtools.ostags import get_ostag; print(get_ostag())")
+          echo "ostag=$ostag" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
       - name: Download distribution
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
         with:
-          name: ${{ env.DIST }}
-          path: ${{ env.DIST }}
+          name: ${{ steps.ostag.outputs.ostag }}
+          path: ${{ steps.ostag.outputs.ostag }}
 
       - name: List distribution files
-        run: ls -l ${{ env.DIST }}
+        run: ls -l ${{ steps.ostag.outputs.ostag }}
 
       - name: Create release body header
         shell: python
@@ -180,7 +186,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Build release body
         run: |
-          cat Header.md ${{ env.DIST }}/code.md > BodyFile.md
+          cat Header.md ${{ steps.ostag.outputs.ostag }}/code.md > BodyFile.md
           cat BodyFile.md
 
       # interactive debugging
@@ -193,8 +199,8 @@ jobs:
         id: update-readme
         run: |
           # update readme from metadata
-          cp ${{ env.DIST }}/code.md code.md
-          cp ${{ env.DIST }}/code.json code.json
+          cp ${{ steps.ostag.outputs.ostag }}/code.md code.md
+          cp ${{ steps.ostag.outputs.ostag }}/code.json code.json
           python scripts/update_readme.py
           
           # determine whether changes need to be committed
@@ -241,7 +247,7 @@ jobs:
           tag: ${{ steps.next-tag.outputs.tag }}
           name: "MODFLOW and related programs binary executables"
           bodyFile: "./BodyFile.md"
-          artifacts: "${{ env.DIST }}/*"
+          artifacts: "${{ steps.ostag.outputs.ostag }}/*"
           draft: false
           allowUpdates: true
           token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}