diff --git a/.github/actions/github-release/main.js b/.github/actions/github-release/main.js
index 6fcfca34ea77..1eb2b7f23b26 100644
--- a/.github/actions/github-release/main.js
+++ b/.github/actions/github-release/main.js
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ async function runOnce() {
           force: true,
         });
       } catch (e) {
-        console.log("ERROR: ", JSON.stringify(e.data, null, 2));
+        console.log("ERROR: ", JSON.stringify(e.response, null, 2));
         core.info(`creating dev tag`);
         try {
           await octokit.rest.git.createRef({
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ async function runOnce() {
         } catch (e) {
           // we might race with others, so assume someone else has created the
           // tag by this point.
-          console.log("failed to create tag: ", JSON.stringify(e.data, null, 2));
+          console.log("failed to create tag: ", JSON.stringify(e.response, null, 2));
         }
       }