diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 52ad8ec8f4c5d175cdc8aa331bfb6720ca9af4cf..3a22eb796fe335cacb4322f541c87dd092524df6 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -175,7 +175,8 @@ gitlab-opentofu-image:deploy:latest:
     - echo "Creating release $CI_COMMIT_TAG"
     - AVAILABLE_OPENTOFU_VERSIONS=$(yq -r '.spec.inputs.opentofu_version.options | filter((. | test("\$.*")) == false) | .[] | "- [`" + . + "`](https://github.com/opentofu/opentofu/releases/tag/v" + . + ")"' templates/full-pipeline.yml)
     - export AVAILABLE_OPENTOFU_VERSIONS
-    - 'AVAILABLE_IMAGES=$(cat image*.txt | sort | sed -E "s/(\(digest: .*\))/\n  - \1/"'
+    - cat image*.txt | sort
+    - 'AVAILABLE_IMAGES=$(cat image*.txt | sort | sed -E "s/(\(digest: .*\))/\n  - \1/")'
     - export AVAILABLE_IMAGES
     - cat .gitlab/release-template.md | envsubst > release-notes.md