diff --git a/.circleci/release.yml b/.circleci/release.yml
index 93d8405..245b51f 100644
--- a/.circleci/release.yml
+++ b/.circleci/release.yml
@@ -451,10 +451,10 @@ jobs:
               CRATE_VERSION="$VERSION_OVERRIDE"
               echo "Result: Will release version $CRATE_VERSION (OVERRIDE)"
               echo "Note: Version explicitly set via crate_version parameter"
-              NEXTSV_VERSION=$(nextsv -bn calculate --package cull-gmail 2>/dev/null || echo "none")
+              NEXTSV_VERSION=$(nextsv -bn calculate  2>/dev/null || echo "none")
               echo "      (nextsv would have calculated: $NEXTSV_VERSION)"
             else
-              CRATE_VERSION=$(nextsv -bn calculate --package cull-gmail 2>/dev/null || echo "")
+              CRATE_VERSION=$(nextsv -bn calculate  2>/dev/null || echo "")
               if [ -z "$CRATE_VERSION" ]; then
                 CRATE_VERSION="none"
                 echo "Result: No crate release needed"
diff --git a/PRLOG.md b/PRLOG.md
index c39e309..7634dc9 100644
--- a/PRLOG.md
+++ b/PRLOG.md
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - ci-enable update_pcu in label job to test fix(pr [#135])
 - 👷 ci(circleci)-add release configuration for automated deployment(pr [#154])
 - 👷 ci(circleci)-update release workflow configuration(pr [#155])
+- 👷 ci(circleci)-simplify nextsv version calculation(pr [#156])
 
 ### Fixed
 
@@ -441,6 +442,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 [#153]: https://github.com/jerus-org/cull-gmail/pull/153
 [#154]: https://github.com/jerus-org/cull-gmail/pull/154
 [#155]: https://github.com/jerus-org/cull-gmail/pull/155
+[#156]: https://github.com/jerus-org/cull-gmail/pull/156
 [Unreleased]: https://github.com/jerus-org/cull-gmail/compare/v0.0.16...HEAD
 [0.0.16]: https://github.com/jerus-org/cull-gmail/compare/v0.0.15...v0.0.16
 [0.0.15]: https://github.com/jerus-org/cull-gmail/compare/v0.0.14...v0.0.15