diff --git a/release.sh b/release.sh
index abdb6622706c27303b26a73c3039a50375f9f140..a846cb34f4b73d1361f85f2690fb8c55db82c9a5 100644
--- a/release.sh
+++ b/release.sh
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ echo changing INSTALL.txt to point to tagged install.sh
 sed -i'.tmp' -e"/http:\/\/git.aegirproject.org\/?p=provision.git;a=blob_plain;f=install.sh.txt;hb=HEAD/s/HEAD/provision-$version/" docs/INSTALL.txt && git add docs/INSTALL.txt && rm docs/INSTALL.txt.tmp
 
 echo changing hostmaster-install version
-sed -i'.tmp' -e"s/version =.*$/version = $version/" provision.info
+sed -i'.tmp' -e"s/version *=.*$/version=$version/" provision.info
 git add provision.info && rm provision.info.tmp
 
 echo changing UPGRADE.txt to point to tagged upgrade.sh