diff --git a/scripts/bumpversion.sh b/scripts/bumpversion.sh
index 7ee2b92..8b7e2b0 100755
--- a/scripts/bumpversion.sh
+++ b/scripts/bumpversion.sh
@@ -25,10 +25,10 @@ VERSION=$($DIR/get_version.sh)
 echo "Bumping the version from $VERSION to $1"
 
 # __init__.py
-sed -i "s|__version__ = '$VERSION'|__version__ = '$1'|g" $DIR/../$PACKAGE/__init__.py
+sed -i "s|__version__ = \"$VERSION\"|__version__ = \"$1\"|g" $DIR/../$PACKAGE/__init__.py
 
 # setup.py
-sed -i "s|version='$VERSION',|version='$1',|g" $DIR/../setup.py
+sed -i "s|version=\"$VERSION\",|version=\"$1\",|g" $DIR/../setup.py
 
 # conf.py
 sed -i "s|version = '$VERSION'|version = '$1'|g" $DIR/../docs/source/conf.py
diff --git a/scripts/get_package_name.sh b/scripts/get_package_name.sh
index b81914c..ea21383 100755
--- a/scripts/get_package_name.sh
+++ b/scripts/get_package_name.sh
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@ set -e
 # get the directory of this script
 DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" >/dev/null 2>&1 && pwd )"
 
-RSTRIP="'*"
-LSTRIP="*'"
+RSTRIP='"*'
+LSTRIP='*"'
 
 # get the package name
-PACKAGE_LINE=$(grep 'name=' $DIR/../setup.py || echo '')
+PACKAGE_LINE=$(grep "name=" $DIR/../setup.py || echo '')
 PACKAGE_TEMP=${PACKAGE_LINE%$RSTRIP}
 PACKAGE=${PACKAGE_TEMP##$LSTRIP}
 
diff --git a/scripts/get_version.sh b/scripts/get_version.sh
index b17f960..113c8eb 100755
--- a/scripts/get_version.sh
+++ b/scripts/get_version.sh
@@ -5,15 +5,15 @@ set -e
 # get the directory of this script
 DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" >/dev/null 2>&1 && pwd )"
 
-RSTRIP="'*"
-LSTRIP="*'"
+RSTRIP='"*'
+LSTRIP='*"'
 
 # get the package name
 PACKAGE=$($DIR/get_package_name.sh)
 
 # get the current version
-VERSION_LINE=$(grep '__version__' "$DIR/../$PACKAGE/__init__.py" || echo '')
-VERSION_TEMP=${VERSION_LINE%"'"}
+VERSION_LINE=$(grep "__version__" "$DIR/../$PACKAGE/__init__.py" || echo '')
+VERSION_TEMP=${VERSION_LINE%'"'}
 
 VERSION=${VERSION_TEMP##$LSTRIP}
 
diff --git a/scripts/git_tag.sh b/scripts/git_tag.sh
index c8c8d56..d79e29e 100755
--- a/scripts/git_tag.sh
+++ b/scripts/git_tag.sh
@@ -3,9 +3,6 @@
 # get the directory of this script
 DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" >/dev/null 2>&1 && pwd )"
 
-# get the package name
-PACKAGE=$($DIR/get_package_name.sh)
-
 # get the current version
 VERSION=$($DIR/get_version.sh)