diff --git a/scripts/create_release_branch.sh b/scripts/create_release_branch.sh
index f758048..22da38f 100755
--- a/scripts/create_release_branch.sh
+++ b/scripts/create_release_branch.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ echo "Preparing release $VERSION"
 
 # Update .csproj file
 # This regex to update Version tag in .csproj file
-sed -i -r "s/>[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(?:\-\w+)?</>$VERSION</g" src/stream-net.csproj
+sed -i '' 's|<Version>\(.*\)</Version>|<Version>'"${VERSION}"'</Version>|g' src/stream-net.csproj
+
 
 # Create changelog
 # --skip.commit: We manually commit the changes