diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ca5cc709..94026d60 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,10 +11,15 @@ The actions are versioned as a suite. Some actions may have no change in behavio
 
 When using an action you can specify the version as:
 
-- `@v2.0.0` to use an exact release
+- `@v2.0.1` to use an exact release
 - `@v2.0` to use the latest patch release for the specific minor version
 - `@v2` to use the latest patch release for the specific major version
 
+## [2.0.1] - 2025-06-03
+
+### Fixed
+- There was a regression in v2.0.0 that caused JSON var_files to not be loaded correctly, which would cause jobs to fail. This has been fixed.
+
 ## [2.0.0] - 2025-05-31
 
 ### Changed
@@ -749,6 +754,7 @@ First release of the GitHub Actions:
 - [dflook/terraform-new-workspace](terraform-new-workspace)
 - [dflook/terraform-destroy-workspace](terraform-destroy-workspace)
 
+[2.0.1]: https://github.com/dflook/terraform-github-actions/compare/v2.0.0...v2.0.1
 [2.0.0]: https://github.com/dflook/terraform-github-actions/compare/v1.49.0...v2.0.0
 [1.49.0]: https://github.com/dflook/terraform-github-actions/compare/v1.48.0...v1.49.0
 [1.48.0]: https://github.com/dflook/terraform-github-actions/compare/v1.47.0...v1.48.0
diff --git a/image/actions.sh b/image/actions.sh
index b47b6482..7d9833da 100644
--- a/image/actions.sh
+++ b/image/actions.sh
@@ -416,12 +416,13 @@ function create-auto-tfvars() {
     if [[ -n "${INPUT_VARIABLES:-}" ]]; then
         debug_log "Creating autoloading tfvars file for the variables input: zzzz-dflook-terraform-github-actions-$AUTO_TFVARS_COUNTER.auto.tfvars"
         echo "$INPUT_VARIABLES" >"$STEP_TMP_DIR/zzzz-dflook-terraform-github-actions-$AUTO_TFVARS_COUNTER.auto.tfvars"
-        ln -s "$STEP_TMP_DIR/zzzz-dflook-terraform-github-actions-$AUTO_TFVARS_COUNTER.auto.tfvars" "$INPUT_PATH/zzzz-dflook-terraform-github-actions-$AUTO_TFVARS_COUNTER.auto.tfvars"
+        cp "$STEP_TMP_DIR/zzzz-dflook-terraform-github-actions-$AUTO_TFVARS_COUNTER.auto.tfvars" "$INPUT_PATH/zzzz-dflook-terraform-github-actions-$AUTO_TFVARS_COUNTER.auto.tfvars"
     fi
 }
 
 function delete-auto-tfvars() {
     debug_cmd find "$INPUT_PATH" -regex '.*/zzzz-dflook-terraform-github-actions-[0-9]+.*\.auto\.tfvars' -print -delete || true
+    debug_cmd find "$INPUT_PATH" -regex '.*/zzzz-dflook-terraform-github-actions-[0-9]+.*\.auto\.tfvars\.json' -print -delete || true
 }
 
 function output() {