diff --git a/.github/workflows/code-uv_python-release-core.yml b/.github/workflows/code-uv_python-release-core.yml
index f696512..0593f2e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/code-uv_python-release-core.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/code-uv_python-release-core.yml
@@ -146,9 +146,7 @@ jobs:
           fi
           {
             echo "tool_versions<<EOF"
-            # awk normalizes a missing trailing newline so the heredoc
-            # delimiter is matched even for files lacking a final LF.
-            awk '1' .tool-versions
+            cat .tool-versions
             echo "EOF"
           } >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
 
@@ -605,9 +603,7 @@ jobs:
           fi
           {
             echo "tool_versions<<EOF"
-            # awk normalizes a missing trailing newline so the heredoc
-            # delimiter is matched even for files lacking a final LF.
-            awk '1' .tool-versions
+            cat .tool-versions
             echo "EOF"
           } >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
 
@@ -682,9 +678,7 @@ jobs:
           fi
           {
             echo "tool_versions<<EOF"
-            # awk normalizes a missing trailing newline so the heredoc
-            # delimiter is matched even for files lacking a final LF.
-            awk '1' .tool-versions
+            cat .tool-versions
             echo "EOF"
           } >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"