diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-to-pypi.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-to-pypi.yml
index 785d688..70e049c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-to-pypi.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-to-pypi.yml
@@ -32,14 +32,14 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Update version in setup.py
       run: |
-        VERSION_TAG="${{ steps.get_version.outputs.VERSION }}"
+        VERSION_TAG=${{ steps.get_version.outputs.VERSION }}
         sed -i "s/version="[^"]*"/version="${VERSION_TAG}""/" setup.py
         echo "Updated setup.py to version $VERSION_TAG for build:"
         cat setup.py
 
     - name: Update version in librespot/__init__.py
       run: |
-        VERSION_TAG="${{ steps.get_version.outputs.VERSION }}"
+        VERSION_TAG=${{ steps.get_version.outputs.VERSION }}
         sed -i "s/version_name = \".*\"/version_name = \"${VERSION_TAG}\"/" librespot/__init__.py
         echo "Updated librespot/__init__.py to version $VERSION_TAG for build:"
         cat librespot/__init__.py