diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy-stage.yaml b/.github/workflows/deploy-stage.yaml
index a2eb0c9..e9ed71c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy-stage.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy-stage.yaml
@@ -336,9 +336,9 @@ jobs:
 
           # modify metadata file to add new entry
           UPDATED_METADATA= jq --arg RELEASE_VERSION "$GITHUB_REF_NAME" '.overview.latest_version = $RELEASE_VERSION' "${ROOT}/ndc-hub/registry/hasura/clickhouse/metadata.json" |
-            jq --arg RELEASE_VERSION "$GITHUB_REF_NAME" --arg RELEASE_HASH "$RELEASE_HASH" '.source_code.version |= [{tag: $RELEASE_VERSION, hash: $RELEASE_HASH, is_verified: true}] + .'
+            jq --arg RELEASE_VERSION "$GITHUB_REF_NAME" --arg RELEASE_HASH "$RELEASE_HASH" '.source_code.version |= [{tag: $RELEASE_VERSION, hash: $RELEASE_HASH, is_verified: true}] + .' > metadata.tmp.json
 
-          echo "$UPDATED_METADATA" > "${ROOT}/ndc-hub/registry/hasura/clickhouse/metadata.json"
+          mv metadata.tmp.json "${ROOT}/ndc-hub/registry/hasura/clickhouse/metadata.json"
 
           git add .
           git commit -m "Release ClickHouse $GITHUB_REF_NAME"