diff --git a/make-release.sh b/make-release.sh
index 81877da0a..a7e15bced 100755
--- a/make-release.sh
+++ b/make-release.sh
@@ -133,8 +133,8 @@ if ! grep -q "value: quay.io/eclipse/che-dashboard:$RELEASE" $filename; then
   # use ${RELEASE} instead of master
   wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/eclipse-che/che-server/${RELEASE}/assembly/assembly-wsmaster-war/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/classes/che/che.properties -q -O /tmp/che.properties
 
-  if ! grep -q "value: quay.io/che-incubator/devworkspace-che-operator:$RELEASE" $filename; then
-    echo "[ERROR] Unable to find devworkspace che operator image with version ${RELEASE} in the $filename"; exit 1
+  if ! grep -q "value: quay.io/che-incubator/devworkspace-che-operator:$DEVWORKSPACE_CHE_OPERATOR_IMAGE_RELEASE" $filename; then
+    echo "[ERROR] Unable to find devworkspace che operator image with version ${DEVWORKSPACE_CHE_OPERATOR_IMAGE_RELEASE} in the $filename"; exit 1
   fi
 
   plugin_broker_meta_image=$(cat /tmp/che.properties | grep  che.workspace.plugin_broker.metadata.image | cut -d '=' -f2)
diff --git a/olm/release-olm-files.sh b/olm/release-olm-files.sh
index a263d79d6..62c90432e 100755
--- a/olm/release-olm-files.sh
+++ b/olm/release-olm-files.sh
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ do
   -e 's/imagePullPolicy: *Always/imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent/' \
   -e 's/"cheImageTag": *"next"/"cheImageTag": ""/' \
   -e 's|quay.io/eclipse/che-dashboard:next|quay.io/eclipse/che-dashboard:'${RELEASE}'|' \
-  -e 's|quay.io/che-incubator/devworkspace-che-operator:ci|quay.io/che-incubator/devworkspace-che-operator:'${RELEASE}'|' \
+  -e 's|quay.io/che-incubator/devworkspace-che-operator:ci|quay.io/che-incubator/devworkspace-che-operator:'${DEVWORKSPACE_CHE_OPERATOR_IMAGE_RELEASE}'|' \
   -e 's|"identityProviderImage": *"quay.io/eclipse/che-keycloak:next"|"identityProviderImage": ""|' \
   -e 's|"devfileRegistryImage": *"quay.io/eclipse/che-devfile-registry:next"|"devfileRegistryImage": ""|' \
   -e 's|"pluginRegistryImage": *"quay.io/eclipse/che-plugin-registry:next"|"pluginRegistryImage": ""|' \