diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9c9af42a9a..587ba99faf 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 
 ### Template
 
+- Use outputs instead of the environment to pass around values between steps in the Download Test Action ([#3351](https://github.com/nf-core/tools/pull/3351))
+
 ### Download
 
 ### Linting
diff --git a/nf_core/pipeline-template/.github/workflows/download_pipeline.yml b/nf_core/pipeline-template/.github/workflows/download_pipeline.yml
index d6b9e78d2b..f270dc5411 100644
--- a/nf_core/pipeline-template/.github/workflows/download_pipeline.yml
+++ b/nf_core/pipeline-template/.github/workflows/download_pipeline.yml
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           echo "REPO_LOWERCASE=${GITHUB_REPOSITORY,,}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
           echo "REPOTITLE_LOWERCASE=$(basename ${GITHUB_REPOSITORY,,})" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-          echo "{% raw %}REPO_BRANCH=${{ github.event.inputs.testbranch || 'dev' }}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"{% endraw %}
+          echo "{% raw %}REPO_BRANCH=${{ github.event.inputs.testbranch || 'dev' }}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
 
       - name: Make a cache directory for the container images
         run: |