diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-git-version-and-manual-pages.yml b/.github/workflows/update-git-version-and-manual-pages.yml
index 3b6eebef1d..f6a4256de5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update-git-version-and-manual-pages.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-git-version-and-manual-pages.yml
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ jobs:
           git diff-files --quiet --ignore-submodules -- hugo.yml &&
           exit 0
 
-          version="$(git diff hugo.yml | sed -n '/^+ *latest_version: $/{s/.*: /p;q}')"
+          version="$(git diff hugo.yml | sed -n '/^+ *latest_version: $/{s/.*: //;p;q}')"
           echo "result=$version" >>$GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
           git \