diff --git a/.github/workflows/nightly_macos_apple_silicon.yml b/.github/workflows/nightly_macos_apple_silicon.yml
index bbeaa25409..b231217025 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nightly_macos_apple_silicon.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nightly_macos_apple_silicon.yml
@@ -18,6 +18,18 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: run tests
         run: cargo test --locked --release
+        
+      - name: get commit SHA
+        run:  echo "SHA=$(git rev-parse --short "$GITHUB_SHA")" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        
+      - name: get date
+        run: echo "DATE=$(date "+%Y-%m-%d")" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        
+      - name: build file name
+        env:
+            DATE: ${{ env.DATE }}
+            SHA: ${{ env.SHA }}
+        run: echo "RELEASE_TAR_FILENAME=roc_nightly-macos_apple_silicon-$DATE-$SHA.tar.gz" >> $GITHUB_ENV  
 
       - name: write version to file
         run: ./ci/write_version.sh
@@ -26,7 +38,7 @@ jobs:
         run: cargo build --locked --release
 
       - name: package release
-        run: ./ci/package_release.sh roc_darwin_apple_silicon.tar.gz
+        run: ./ci/package_release.sh ${{ env.RELEASE_TAR_FILENAME }}
 
       - name: print short commit SHA
         run: git rev-parse --short "$GITHUB_SHA"
@@ -35,6 +47,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Upload artifact Actually uploading to github releases has to be done manually
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
         with:
-           name: roc_nightly-macos_apple_silicon.tar.gz 
-           path: roc_darwin_apple_silicon.tar.gz
+           name: ${{ env.RELEASE_TAR_FILENAME }}
+           path: ${{ env.RELEASE_TAR_FILENAME }}
            retention-days: 4