diff --git a/.github/workflows/nightly.yml b/.github/workflows/nightly.yml
index a19f62ac4..bad2f9c55 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nightly.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nightly.yml
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Update version
         run: |
-          sed -i -e s#.*version.*#'  "version": "nightly-'$(date +'%Y%m%d%H%M%S')'",'# ./hassio/evcc-nightly/config.json
+          sed -i -e s#\"version.*#\"version\":\ \"nightly-$(date +'%Y%m%d%H%M%S')\",# ./hassio/evcc-nightly/config.json
 
       - name: Push
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index db09446be..559127a0e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -111,8 +111,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Update version
         run: |
-          export RELEASE_VERSION=$(echo ${{ github.ref }} | sed -e s#refs/tags/v##)
-          sed -i -e s#.*version.*#'  "version": "'$RELEASE_VERSION'",'# ./hassio/evcc/config.json
+          sed -i -e s#\"version.*#\"version\":\ "$(echo ${{ github.ref }} | sed -e s#refs/tags/##)\",# ./hassio/evcc/config.json
 
       - name: Push
         run: |