diff --git a/.github/actions/setup-build/action.yaml b/.github/actions/setup-build/action.yaml
index 892a9f4b..3a234b75 100644
--- a/.github/actions/setup-build/action.yaml
+++ b/.github/actions/setup-build/action.yaml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ runs:
           baseVersion="$(sbt 'eval Build.baseVersion' | grep 'ans: String =' | xargs | awk '{ print $5 }')"
 
           buildMavenRepo="${baseMavenRepo}/${baseVersion}-${commitDate}-${commitHash}"
-          scalaVersion="$(sbt --error 'print scala3-compiler-bootstrapped/version')"
+          scalaVersion="$(sbt --error 'print scala3-compiler-bootstrapped/version' | head -n 1 | xargs)"
         fi
 
 
diff --git a/compiler-builder/build.sh b/compiler-builder/build.sh
index 49dc1405..d021886e 100755
--- a/compiler-builder/build.sh
+++ b/compiler-builder/build.sh
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ echo '##################################'
 
 cd "$repoDir"
 
-compilerVersion="$(sbt --error 'print scala3-compiler-bootstrapped/version')"
+compilerVersion="$(sbt --error 'print scala3-compiler-bootstrapped/version' | head -n 1 | xargs)"
 if [[ "$scalaVerison" != "$compilerVersion"]]; then 
   echo "Configured version $scalaVersion does not match compiler version $compilerVersion"
   exit 1