diff --git a/templates/workflows/joomla/auto-release.yml.template b/templates/workflows/joomla/auto-release.yml.template
index 8b68610..11386a4 100644
--- a/templates/workflows/joomla/auto-release.yml.template
+++ b/templates/workflows/joomla/auto-release.yml.template
@@ -577,9 +577,9 @@ jobs:
               block = re.sub(r'    <downloads>.*?</downloads>', new_downloads, block, flags=re.DOTALL)
               # Add or replace sha256
               if '<sha256>' in block:
-                  block = re.sub(r'    <sha256>.*?</sha256>', f'    <sha256>sha256:{sha}</sha256>', block)
+                  block = re.sub(r'    <sha256>.*?</sha256>', f'    <sha256>{sha}</sha256>', block)
               else:
-                  block = block.replace('</downloads>', f'</downloads>\n    <sha256>sha256:{sha}</sha256>')
+                  block = block.replace('</downloads>', f'</downloads>\n    <sha256>{sha}</sha256>')
               return block
 
           content = re.sub(
diff --git a/templates/workflows/joomla/update-server.yml.template b/templates/workflows/joomla/update-server.yml.template
index eacb9d6..9066da5 100644
--- a/templates/workflows/joomla/update-server.yml.template
+++ b/templates/workflows/joomla/update-server.yml.template
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ jobs:
           NEW_ENTRY="${NEW_ENTRY}      <downloadurl type=\"full\" format=\"zip\">${DOWNLOAD_URL}</downloadurl>\n"
           NEW_ENTRY="${NEW_ENTRY}      <downloadurl type=\"full\" format=\"tar.gz\">${TAR_URL}</downloadurl>\n"
           NEW_ENTRY="${NEW_ENTRY}    </downloads>\n"
-          [ -n "$SHA256" ] && NEW_ENTRY="${NEW_ENTRY}    <sha256>sha256:${SHA256}</sha256>\n"
+          [ -n "$SHA256" ] && NEW_ENTRY="${NEW_ENTRY}    <sha256>${SHA256}</sha256>\n"
           NEW_ENTRY="${NEW_ENTRY}    ${TARGET_PLATFORM}\n"
           [ -n "$PHP_TAG" ] && NEW_ENTRY="${NEW_ENTRY}    ${PHP_TAG}\n"
           NEW_ENTRY="${NEW_ENTRY}    <maintainer>Moko Consulting</maintainer>\n"