diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index d0140a2b9e..de89f0b268 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ jobs:
         pip install git+https://github.com/frida/meson.git@f7f25b19a8d71cebf8e2934733eb041eb6862eee
         pip install ninja r2pipe wget
     - name: Extract r2 version
-      run: echo "##[set-output name=branch;]$( cd sys;python version.py )"
+      run: echo "{branch}={`sys/version.py -n`}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
       id: r2v
     - name: Build with meson + ninja
       shell: pwsh
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ jobs:
 #        repository: radareorg/radare2-win-installer
 #        path: ./radare2-win-installer
 #    - name: Extract r2 version
-#      run: echo "##[set-output name=branch;]$( python sys\\version.py )"
+#      run: echo "{branch}={`sys/version.py -n`}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 #      id: extract_version
 #    - name: Create installer
 #      shell: pwsh
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ jobs:
         pip install git+https://github.com/frida/meson.git@f7f25b19a8d71cebf8e2934733eb041eb6862eee
         pip install ninja r2pipe wget r2env
     - name: Extract r2 version
-      run: echo "##[set-output name=branch;]$( cd sys;python version.py )"
+      run: echo "{branch}={`sys/version.py -n`}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
       id: r2v
     - name: Build with meson + ninja
       shell: cmd
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ jobs:
         pip install git+https://github.com/frida/meson.git@f7f25b19a8d71cebf8e2934733eb041eb6862eee
         pip install ninja r2pipe wget
     - name: Extract r2 version
-      run: echo "##[set-output name=branch;]$( cd sys; python version.py )"
+      run: echo "{branch}={`sys/version.py -n`}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
       id: r2v
     - name: Build with meson + ninja
       shell: pwsh
@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0 # Download all git history and tags
       - name: Check if is a release
-        run: git describe --exact-match --tags ${{ github.sha }} | awk 'BEGIN{tag="-";r="no"}/^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+/{tag=$0;r="yes"};END{print "::set-output name=is::"r;print "::set-output name=tag::"tag}'
+        run: git describe --exact-match --tags ${{ github.sha }} | awk 'BEGIN{tag="-";r="no"}/^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+/{tag=$0;r="yes"};END{print "{is}={yes}";print "{tag}={${tag}}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT'
         id: release
 
   release:
@@ -550,7 +550,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0 # Download all git history and tags
       - name: Extract r2 version
-        run: echo "##[set-output name=branch;]$( cd sys;python version.py )"
+        run: echo "{branch}={`sys/version.py -n`}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
         id: r2v
       - name: Prepare release notes
         run: ./sys/release-notes.sh | tee ./RELEASE_NOTES.md
diff --git a/.github/workflows/coverity-scan.yml b/.github/workflows/coverity-scan.yml
index eb2c2fab3d..8d2d8eea2b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/coverity-scan.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/coverity-scan.yml
@@ -9,8 +9,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Determine current repository
         id: "determine-repo"
-        run: "echo \"::set-output name=repo::${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}\""
-
+        run: echo "{repo}={${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - name: Download Coverity Build Tool
         run: |
diff --git a/sys/version.py b/sys/version.py
index ec5572f4a4..2a436e1e1e 100755
--- a/sys/version.py
+++ b/sys/version.py
@@ -5,12 +5,15 @@
 import sys
 
 full_version = False
+no_newline = False
 
 for arg in sys.argv[1:]:
     if arg == '-h' or arg == '--help':
         print('Only flag accepted here is --full-version')
         sys.exit(0)
-    if arg == '--full-version':
+    elif arg == '-n':
+        no_newline = True
+    elif arg == '--full-version':
         full_version = True
     else:
         print('Option %s not supported' % (arg,))
@@ -20,7 +23,10 @@ r2root=os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), '..'))
 with open(os.path.join(r2root, 'configure.acr'), 'r') as f:
     f.readline()
     version = f.readline().split()[1]
-    sys.stdout.write(version + '\n')
+    if no_newline:
+        sys.stdout.write(version)
+    else:
+        sys.stdout.write(version + '\n')
     if full_version:
         versions = version.split('.')
         version_major = versions[0] if len(versions) > 0 else 0