diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-conan.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-conan.yml
index 9b3229d0..1675f77e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-conan.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-conan.yml
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set version
         shell: bash
         run: |
-          echo "VERSION=`grep 'project(.* VERSION.*)' src/CMakeLists.txt | egrep -o '[[:digit:]]+\.[[:digit:]]+\.[[:digit:]]+'` >> ${GITHUB_ENV}
+          echo "VERSION=`grep 'project(.* VERSION.*)' src/CMakeLists.txt | egrep -o '[[:digit:]]+\.[[:digit:]]+\.[[:digit:]]+'`" >> ${GITHUB_ENV}
       - name: Promote mp-units Conan package
         shell: bash
         run: |