diff --git a/.github/actions/get-merge-commit/action.yml b/.github/actions/get-merge-commit/action.yml
index 1505d582efd8..51f8a00286b5 100644
--- a/.github/actions/get-merge-commit/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/get-merge-commit/action.yml
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@ description: 'Checks whether the Pull Request is mergeable and returns two commi
 outputs:
   mergedSha:
     description: "The merge commit SHA"
-    value: ${{ fromJSON(steps.merged.outputs.result).mergedSha }}
+    value: ${{ steps.merged.outputs.mergedSha }}
   targetSha:
     description: "The target commit SHA"
-    value: ${{ fromJSON(steps.merged.outputs.result).targetSha }}
+    value: ${{ steps.merged.outputs.targetSha }}
 
 runs:
   using: composite
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ runs:
       uses: actions/github-script@60a0d83039c74a4aee543508d2ffcb1c3799cdea # v7.0.1
       with:
         script: |
-          if (context.eventName == 'push') return { mergedSha: context.sha }
+          if (context.eventName == 'push') return core.setOutput('mergedSha', context.sha)
 
           for (const retryInterval of [5, 10, 20, 40, 80]) {
             console.log("Checking whether the pull request can be merged...")
@@ -35,32 +35,31 @@ runs:
               continue
             }
 
+            let mergedSha, targetSha
+
             if (prInfo.mergeable) {
               console.log("The PR can be merged.")
 
-              const mergedSha = prInfo.merge_commit_sha
-              const targetSha = (await github.rest.repos.getCommit({
+              mergedSha = prInfo.merge_commit_sha
+              targetSha = (await github.rest.repos.getCommit({
                 owner: context.repo.owner,
                 repo: context.repo.repo,
                 ref: prInfo.merge_commit_sha
               })).data.parents[0].sha
-
-              console.log(`Checking the commits:\nmerged:${mergedSha}\ntarget:${targetSha}`)
-
-              return { mergedSha, targetSha }
             } else {
               console.log("The PR has a merge conflict.")
 
-              const mergedSha = prInfo.head.sha
-              const targetSha = (await github.rest.repos.compareCommitsWithBasehead({
+              mergedSha = prInfo.head.sha
+              targetSha = (await github.rest.repos.compareCommitsWithBasehead({
                 owner: context.repo.owner,
                 repo: context.repo.repo,
                 basehead: `${prInfo.base.sha}...${prInfo.head.sha}`
               })).data.merge_base_commit.sha
-
-              console.log(`Checking the commits:\nmerged:${mergedSha}\ntarget:${targetSha}`)
-
-              return { mergedSha, targetSha }
             }
+
+            console.log(`Checking the commits:\nmerged:${mergedSha}\ntarget:${targetSha}`)
+            core.setOutput('mergedSha', mergedSha)
+            core.setOutput('targetSha', targetSha)
+            return
           }
           throw new Error("Not retrying anymore. It's likely that GitHub is having internal issues: check https://www.githubstatus.com.")