diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index 78f77672d..9b0f75ac9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ jobs:
       working-directory: accessibility-checker-extension
     - run: |
         if [ -n "$RELEASE_VERSION" ]; then 
-          sed -i 's/"version": "3.0.0"/"version": "${RELEASE_VERSION}"/g' ./manifest.json
+          sed -i 's/"version": "3.0.0"/"version": "$RELEASE_VERSION"/g' ./manifest.json
         fi;
       working-directory: accessibility-checker-extension/src
     - run: npm run package:browser