diff --git a/.releaserc b/.releaserc
index 3d33a1da..34acc50a 100644
--- a/.releaserc
+++ b/.releaserc
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 		"@semantic-release/release-notes-generator",
 		[
 			"@semantic-release/exec", {
-				"prepareCmd": 'sed -ir "s/[0-9]*\.[0-9]*\.[0-9]*/${nextRelease.version}/" bench/__init__.py'
+				"prepareCmd": 'sed -ir -E "s/\"[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\"/\"${nextRelease.version}\"/" bench/__init__.py'
 			}
 		],
 		[