diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy-release.yaml b/.github/workflows/deploy-release.yaml
index cd083fc..212c9ca 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy-release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy-release.yaml
@@ -13,4 +13,6 @@ jobs:
         cp LICENSE README.md build/ &&
         cd build &&
         find . -type f -path '*/*\.js.map' -exec sed -i -e "s~../src~src~" {} + &&
-        sed -i -e "s~\"version\": \"0.0.0-dev\"~\"version\": \"${GITHUB_REF##*/}\"~" package.json
+        tmp=$(mktemp) &&
+        jq --arg version "${GITHUB_REF_NAME}" '.version = $version' package.json > "$tmp" &&
+        mv "$tmp" package.json