diff --git a/deploy/ci/tasks/dev-releases/check-gh-release.yml b/deploy/ci/tasks/dev-releases/check-gh-release.yml
index b9a23fc69f..64c34f6ddd 100644
--- a/deploy/ci/tasks/dev-releases/check-gh-release.yml
+++ b/deploy/ci/tasks/dev-releases/check-gh-release.yml
@@ -16,14 +16,13 @@ run:
     - |
       # Check that the Github release DOES NOT exist
       ROOT_DIR=${PWD}
-      VERSION=$(cat image-tag/v2-version)
-      FULL_VERSION=$(cat image-tag/v2-alpha-tag) 
-      GIT_TAG=$(cat image-tag/v2-tag) 
       STRATOS=${ROOT_DIR}/stratos
+      source "${STRATOS}/deploy/ci/tasks/dev-releases/vars-helper.sh"
+
       source ${STRATOS}/deploy/ci/tasks/dev-releases/github-helper.sh
 
       # Check tagged release version is consistent with package.json version
-      TAG_RELEASE_VERSION=$(echo ${FULL_VERSION} | cut -d"-" -f1)
+      TAG_RELEASE_VERSION=$(echo ${LATEST_TAG} | cut -d"-" -f1)
       if [ "${TAG_RELEASE_VERSION}" != "${VERSION}" ]; then
         echo "Package.json version is not consistent with tag release version! ${TAG_RELEASE_VERSION} != ${VERSION}"
         exit 1
@@ -32,7 +31,7 @@ run:
 
       # Check that the release exists
       set +e
-      github-release info -t ${GIT_TAG}
+      github-release info -t ${RELEASE_TAG}
       RETVAL=$?
       set -e
 
diff --git a/deploy/ci/tasks/dev-releases/create-chart.yml b/deploy/ci/tasks/dev-releases/create-chart.yml
index 9cb8935fd7..55fb8f9eca 100644
--- a/deploy/ci/tasks/dev-releases/create-chart.yml
+++ b/deploy/ci/tasks/dev-releases/create-chart.yml
@@ -21,12 +21,14 @@ run:
       helm init --client-only
       ROOT_DIR=$PWD
       STRATOS=${ROOT_DIR}/stratos
+      source "${STRATOS}/deploy/ci/tasks/dev-releases/vars-helper.sh"
+
       source ${STRATOS}/deploy/ci/tasks/dev-releases/create-chart-helper.sh
       HELM_REPO=${ROOT_DIR}/helm-repo/${HELM_REPO_PATH}
-      GIT_TAG=$(cat image-tag/v2-alpha-tag)
-      VERSION=$(cat image-tag/v2-version)
-      RELEASE_VERSION=$(cat image-tag/v2-tag)
-      COMMIT=$(cat image-tag/v2-commit)
+
+      GIT_TAG=${LATEST_TAG}
+      RELEASE_VERSION=${RELEASE_TAG}
+      COMMIT=${COMMIT_HASH}
 
       # Required for setupAndPushChange commit message
       IMAGE_TAG=${GIT_TAG}
diff --git a/deploy/ci/tasks/dev-releases/generate-tag-files.yml b/deploy/ci/tasks/dev-releases/generate-tag-files.yml
index 7514062f0a..1a56bae074 100644
--- a/deploy/ci/tasks/dev-releases/generate-tag-files.yml
+++ b/deploy/ci/tasks/dev-releases/generate-tag-files.yml
@@ -18,39 +18,12 @@ run:
     - |
       echo "Generate tag files started..."
 
+      ROOT_DIR=${PWD}
+      STRATOS=${ROOT_DIR}/stratos
+      source "${STRATOS}/deploy/ci/tasks/dev-releases/vars-helper.sh"
+
       cd stratos
 
-      # RELEASE_TAG is the full tag that started the pipleine, e.g. '2.0.0-rc.1' 
-      RELEASE_TAG=$(cat .git/ref)
-
-      VERSION=$(cat package.json | grep version | grep -Po "([0-9\.]?)*")
-      COMMIT_HASH=$(git log -1 --format="%h")
-      LATEST_TAG=$VERSION-${COMMIT_HASH}
-      SOURCE_CODE_REPO=$(git config --get remote.origin.url)
-
-      # Check that the RELEASE_TAG matches the version
-      if [[ "${RELEASE_TAG}" != ${VERSION}* ]]; then
-        echo ".git/ref is not the expected release tag - falling back to git describe"
-        RELEASE_TAG=$(git describe)
-        if [[ "${RELEASE_TAG}" != ${VERSION}* ]]; then
-          echo "Error: Can not get tag for this release - got ${RELEASE_TAG}"
-          exit 1
-        fi
-      fi
-
-      echo "Got Release tag ${RELEASE_TAG}"
-
-      echo "Got version $VERSION from package.json."
-
-      echo "Got $LATEST_TAG as the latest git tag."
-
-      if [ ! -z ${TAG_SUFFIX} ]; then
-        if [ "${TAG_SUFFIX}" != "null" ]; then
-          echo "Adding tag suffix '$TAG_SUFFIX' to the latest tag."
-          LATEST_TAG=${LATEST_TAG}-${TAG_SUFFIX}
-          echo "The latest tag is now $LATEST_TAG."
-        fi
-      fi
       echo "Running store-git-metadata.sh..."
 
       ./build/store-git-metadata.sh
diff --git a/deploy/ci/tasks/dev-releases/update-gh-release.yml b/deploy/ci/tasks/dev-releases/update-gh-release.yml
index 80a79a98ec..f3897c03d3 100644
--- a/deploy/ci/tasks/dev-releases/update-gh-release.yml
+++ b/deploy/ci/tasks/dev-releases/update-gh-release.yml
@@ -17,10 +17,12 @@ run:
     - |
       # Create Github release
       ROOT_DIR=${PWD}
-      VERSION=$(cat image-tag/v2-version)
-      FULL_VERSION=$(cat image-tag/v2-alpha-tag) 
-      GIT_TAG=$(cat image-tag/v2-tag) 
       STRATOS=${ROOT_DIR}/stratos
+      source "${STRATOS}/deploy/ci/tasks/dev-releases/vars-helper.sh"
+
+      FULL_VERSION=${LATEST_TAG}
+      GIT_TAG=${RELEASE_TAG}
+
       source ${STRATOS}/deploy/ci/tasks/dev-releases/github-helper.sh
 
       # Check tagged release version is consistent with package.json version
diff --git a/deploy/ci/tasks/dev-releases/vars-helper.sh b/deploy/ci/tasks/dev-releases/vars-helper.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..edc0c1cd16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deploy/ci/tasks/dev-releases/vars-helper.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+
+pushd stratos
+
+VERSION=$(cat package.json | grep version | grep -Po "([0-9\.]?)*")
+COMMIT_HASH=$(git log -1 --format="%h")
+LATEST_TAG=$VERSION-${COMMIT_HASH}
+SOURCE_CODE_REPO=$(git config --get remote.origin.url)
+
+# Check that the RELEASE_TAG matches the version
+RELEASE_TAG=$(git describe)
+if [[ "${RELEASE_TAG}" != ${VERSION}* ]]; then
+  echo "Error: Can not get tag for this release - got ${RELEASE_TAG}"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ ! -z ${TAG_SUFFIX} ]; then
+  if [ "${TAG_SUFFIX}" != "null" ]; then
+    echo "Adding tag suffix '$TAG_SUFFIX' to the latest tag."
+    LATEST_TAG=${LATEST_TAG}-${TAG_SUFFIX}
+    echo "The latest tag is now $LATEST_TAG."
+  fi
+fi
+
+popd
+
+set +x
+echo "VERSION : ${VERSION}"
+echo "COMMIT_HASH : ${COMMIT_HASH}"
+echo "LATEST_TAG : ${LATEST_TAG}"
+echo "SOURCE_CODE_REPO : ${SOURCE_CODE_REPO}"
+echo "RELEASE_TAG : ${RELEASE_TAG}"
+set -x