diff --git a/.github/workflows/merge-kube-state-metrics.yaml b/.github/workflows/merge-kube-state-metrics.yaml
index aceac07..a6019ae 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/merge-kube-state-metrics.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/merge-kube-state-metrics.yaml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
         CHANGELOG.md .github/ Dockerfile docs/ go.mod
       restore-downstream: OWNERS
       downstream-version-expression: |
-        sed -n -E 's/^version: "*([0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+)"$/v\1/p' https://raw.githubusercontent.com/openshift/kube-state-metrics/main/data.yaml
+        sed -n -E 's/^version: \"*([0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+)\"$/v\1/p' https://raw.githubusercontent.com/openshift/kube-state-metrics/main/data.yaml
     secrets:
       pr-app-id: ${{ secrets.APP_ID }}
       pr-app-private-key: ${{ secrets.APP_PRIVATE_KEY }}