diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 6fff69a..8551fa6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ jobs:
     env:
       FILE: build.gradle
       VERSION_REGEX: "^version = '\\d+\\.\\d+\\.\\d+'$"
-      REGEX: "version = \'[0-9]\+\.[0-9]\+\.[0-9]\+\'"
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -76,7 +75,7 @@ jobs:
           echo "new_tag_version=$VERSION"
 
           # Regular expression to match the string to be replaced
-          sed -i "s/${{ env.REGEX }}/version = '$VERSION'/" ${{ env.FILE }}
+          sed -i "s/version = '.*'/version = '$VERSION'/" ${{ env.FILE }}
 
       - name: Print new file
         if: ${{needs.setup_release.outputs.new_tag_version != ''}}