another try

.github/actions/pack-phalcon-ext/action.yml

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ runs:
         if (-not (Test-Path -Path $Destination -PathType Container)) {
           New-Item $Destination -ItemType Directory | Out-Null
         }
-        Copy-Item -Path "${{ env.EXTENSION_PATH }}" -Destination $Destination
+        Copy-Item -Path "${{ inputs.ext-path }}" -Destination $Destination
         Copy-Item -Path "./3rdparty/licenses/*.txt" -Destination $Destination
         Set-Location $Destination
         & 7z a "${{ inputs.target-name }}.zip" *

.github/workflows/main.yml

@@ -177,15 +177,15 @@ jobs:
           } else {
             $PhalconExtPath = "$(php-config --extension-dir)/phalcon.so"
           }
-          echo "EXTENSION_PATH=$PhalconExtPath" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "extension-path=$PhalconExtPath" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 #          echo "::set-output name=extension-path::$PhalconExtPath"
 #          echo "extension-path=$PhalconExtPath" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
 
       - name: Creates build artifact with Phalcon extension
         uses: ./.github/actions/pack-phalcon-ext
         with:
           target-name: phalcon-php${{ matrix.php }}-${{ matrix.ts }}-${{ matrix.name }}-${{ matrix.arch }}
-          ext-path: ${{ env.EXTENSION_PATH }}
+          ext-path: ${{ steps.phalcon-ext-path.outputs.extension-path }}
 
       - name: "Validate composer"
         run: composer validate --no-check-all --no-check-publish