diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index b4e66ad..92c2163 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ jobs:
         run: bash ./generate.sh
       - name: Check version number
         run: |
-          echo "spec_version=$(grep "version" ./Cargo.toml | cut -d "\"" -f 2)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "spec_version=$(grep "^version" ./Cargo.toml | cut -d "\"" -f 2)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
       - name: Print version number
         run: echo ${{ env.spec_version }}
       - name: Deploy SDK back into main branch