diff --git a/.github/workflows/slugify-value.yaml b/.github/workflows/slugify-value.yaml
index af71b44..2950fd2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/slugify-value.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/slugify-value.yaml
@@ -75,12 +75,12 @@ jobs:
         with:
           key: ANOTHER_MAX_LENGTH
           value: "Never gonna give you up Never gonna let you down"
-          slug-maxlength: 23
+          slug-maxlength: 24
       - name: Validate // Slugify with another max length
         run: |
           [[ "${{ env.ANOTHER_MAX_LENGTH }}" == "Never gonna give you up Never gonna let you down" ]]
-          [[ "${{ env.ANOTHER_MAX_LENGTH_SLUG }}" == "never-gonna-give-you-up" ]]
-          [[ "${{ env.ANOTHER_MAX_LENGTH_SLUG_CS }}" == "Never-gonna-give-you-up" ]]
+          [[ "${{ env.ANOTHER_MAX_LENGTH_SLUG }}" == "never-gonna-give-you-up-" ]]
+          [[ "${{ env.ANOTHER_MAX_LENGTH_SLUG_CS }}" == "Never-gonna-give-you-up-" ]]
           [[ "${{ env.ANOTHER_MAX_LENGTH_SLUG_URL }}" == "never-gonna-give-you-up" ]]
           [[ "${{ env.ANOTHER_MAX_LENGTH_SLUG_URL_CS }}" == "Never-gonna-give-you-up" ]]
         shell: bash
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fa99dd5..0c18ae2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ Produce some `slug`-ed environment variables based on the input one.
 - `<env name>_SLUG_URL` (or `<env name>_SLUG_URL_CS`)
 
   - like `<env name>_SLUG` (or `<env name>_SLUG_CS`) with the `.`, and `_` characters also replaced by `-`
+  - will not end with `-`
 
 ## Usage
 
diff --git a/slugify.sh b/slugify.sh
index d273694..f692907 100755
--- a/slugify.sh
+++ b/slugify.sh
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ slug() {
   # 3d : Remove leading dashes
   # 4d : Remove trailing dashes
   output=$(sed -E 's#refs/[^\/]*/##;s/[^a-zA-Z0-9._-]+/-/g;s/^-*//;s/-*$//' <<<"$1")
-  reduce "$output"
+  reduce "$output" false
 }
 
 slug_url() {
@@ -42,15 +42,19 @@ slug_url() {
   # 3d : Remove leading dashes
   # 4d : Remove trailing dashes
   output=$(sed -E 's#refs/[^\/]*/##;s/[^a-zA-Z0-9-]+/-/g;s/^-*//;s/-*$//' <<<"$1")
-  reduce "$output"
+  reduce "$output" true
 }
 
 reduce() {
-  if [ "${MAX_LENGTH}" == "nolimit" ]; then
-    echo "$1"
-  else
-    cut -c1-"${MAX_LENGTH}" <<<"$1"
+  reduced_value="$1"
+  remove_ending_hypen="$2"
+  if [ "${MAX_LENGTH}" != "nolimit" ]; then
+    reduced_value=$(cut -c1-"${MAX_LENGTH}" <<<"$1")
   fi
+  if [ "$remove_ending_hypen" == "true" ]; then
+    reduced_value=$(sed -E 's/-*$//' <<<"$reduced_value")
+  fi
+  echo "$reduced_value"
 }
 
 SLUG_VALUE=$(slug "$VALUE")