diff --git a/.buildkite/release-pipeline.yaml b/.buildkite/release-pipeline.yaml
index 51618a2955fb..829414bf8a3b 100644
--- a/.buildkite/release-pipeline.yaml
+++ b/.buildkite/release-pipeline.yaml
@@ -56,6 +56,11 @@ steps:
     env:
       DOCKER_BUILDKIT: "1"
 
+  - input: "Provide Release version here"
+    fields:
+      - text: "What is the release version?"
+        key: "release-version"
+
   - block: "Build CPU release image"
     key: block-cpu-release-image-build
     depends_on: ~
@@ -66,7 +71,7 @@ steps:
       queue: cpu_queue_postmerge
     commands:
       - "aws ecr-public get-login-password --region us-east-1 | docker login --username AWS --password-stdin public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7"
-      - "DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker build --build-arg max_jobs=16 --build-arg GIT_REPO_CHECK=1 --tag public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-cpu-release-repo:$RELEASE_VERSION --progress plain -f Dockerfile.cpu ."
-      - "docker push public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-cpu-release-repo:$RELEASE_VERSION"
+      - "DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker build --build-arg max_jobs=16 --build-arg GIT_REPO_CHECK=1 --tag public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-cpu-release-repo:$(buildkite-agent meta-data get release-version) --progress plain -f Dockerfile.cpu ."
+      - "docker push public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-cpu-release-repo:$(buildkite-agent meta-data get release-version)"
     env:
       DOCKER_BUILDKIT: "1"