diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 8d87e0f6c..7631e8242 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -56,12 +56,6 @@ jobs:
       run: echo "##[set-output name=branch;]$(echo ${GITHUB_REF#refs/heads/})"
       id: extract_branch
 
-    # GitHub only ships the LTS, which is stuck on .NET 6
-    - name: Install PowerShell latest
-      shell: pwsh
-      run: |
-        Invoke-Expression "& { $(Invoke-RestMethod https://aka.ms/install-powershell.ps1) } -UseMSI -Quiet"
-
     - name: Generate dalamud-distrib version file
       shell: pwsh
       env:
@@ -75,9 +69,7 @@ jobs:
           $branchName = "stg"
         }
         
-        $dllBytes = [System.IO.File]::ReadAllBytes("$(Get-Location)\scratch\Dalamud.dll")
-        $assembly = [System.Reflection.Assembly]::Load($dllBytes)
-        $newVersion = $assembly.GetCustomAttributes([System.Reflection.AssemblyMetadataAttribute]) | Where { $_.GetType() -eq [System.Reflection.AssemblyMetadataAttribute] } | Select -First 1 | Select -ExpandProperty "Value"
+        $newVersion = [System.IO.File]::ReadAllText("$(Get-Location)\scratch\TEMP_assver.txt")
         Remove-Item -Force -Recurse .\scratch
         
         if (Test-Path -Path $branchName) {
diff --git a/Dalamud/Dalamud.csproj b/Dalamud/Dalamud.csproj
index 4a6064295..499128ea9 100644
--- a/Dalamud/Dalamud.csproj
+++ b/Dalamud/Dalamud.csproj
@@ -109,6 +109,13 @@
             <ContentWithTargetPath Include="$(ProjectRuntimeConfigFilePath)" CopyToOutputDirectory="PreserveNewest" TargetPath="$(ProjectRuntimeConfigFileName)" />
         </ItemGroup>
     </Target>
+    
+    <Target Name="TempWriteAssemblyVersion" BeforeTargets="CoreCompile">
+        <PropertyGroup>
+            <TempAssemblyNameFile>$(OutputPath)TEMP_assver.txt</TempAssemblyNameFile>
+        </PropertyGroup>
+        <Exec Command="echo $(DalamudVersion) &gt; $(TempAssemblyNameFile)" />
+    </Target>
 
     <Target Name="GetGitHash" BeforeTargets="WriteGitHash" Condition="'$(BuildHash)' == ''">
         <PropertyGroup>