diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 30f6b4c..281b6d8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: "Extract version"
         id: "version"
         run: |
-          ESPANSO_VERSION=$(cat espanso/Cargo.toml | grep version | head -1 | awk -F '"' '{ print $2 }')
+          ESPANSO_VERSION=$(grep '^version' espanso/Cargo.toml | awk -F '"' '{ print $2 }')
           echo version: $ESPANSO_VERSION
           echo "::set-output name=version::v$ESPANSO_VERSION"
 
@@ -302,4 +302,4 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           VERSION="${{ needs.extract-version.outputs.espanso_version }}" ./scripts/publish_homebrew_version.sh
 
-          echo "Cask formula has been published here: "
\ No newline at end of file
+          echo "Cask formula has been published here: "