diff --git a/.github/workflows/conan-recipe-version.yml b/.github/workflows/conan-recipe-version.yml
index cd5b1f48c1..9320f4e980 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/conan-recipe-version.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/conan-recipe-version.yml
@@ -147,11 +147,12 @@ jobs:
                                 user = "_"
                                 channel = "_"
                         else:
+                            latest_branch_version_prerelease = latest_branch_version.prerelease
                             if latest_branch_version.prerelease and not "." in latest_branch_version.prerelease:
                                 # The prerealese did not contain a version number, default it to 1
-                                latest_branch_version.prerelease += ".1"
+                                latest_branch_version_prerelease = f"{latest_branch_version.prerelease}.1"
                             if event_name == "pull_request":
-                                actual_version = f"{latest_branch_version.major}.{latest_branch_version.minor}.{latest_branch_version.patch}-{latest_branch_version.prerelease.lower()}+{buildmetadata}pr_{issue_number}_{no_commits}"
+                                actual_version = f"{latest_branch_version.major}.{latest_branch_version.minor}.{latest_branch_version.patch}-{latest_branch_version_prerelease.lower()}+{buildmetadata}pr_{issue_number}_{no_commits}"
                             else:
                                 if channel in ("stable", "_", ""):
                                     channel_metadata = f"{no_commits}"