diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 6b9191c45..5bb4c8834 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
             echo "matched regex"
             PACKAGE_VERSION="${COMMIT_TITLE#Version }"
             PACKAGE_VERSION="${PACKAGE_VERSION#v}"
-            PACKAGE_VERSION="${PACKAGE_VERSION%%$' '}"
+            PACKAGE_VERSION="${PACKAGE_VERSION%% *}"
             echo "${PACKAGE_VERSION}"
           else
             echo "did not match"