diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-go-versions.yml b/.github/workflows/check-go-versions.yml
index ac50a6e7..6014b178 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-go-versions.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-go-versions.yml
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ jobs:
           sed -i -e "s#latest=[^ ]*#latest=${{ env.officialLatestVersion }}#g" \
                  -e "s#penultimate=[^ ]*#penultimate=${{ env.officialPenultimateVersion }}#g" \
                   ./.github/variables/go-versions.env
-          sed -i "s/Go version {{ steps.go-versions.outputs.penultimate }}/Go version ${{ env.officialPenultimateVersion }}/g" \
+          sed -i "s/Go version ${{ steps.go-versions.outputs.penultimate }}/Go version ${{ env.officialPenultimateVersion }}/g" \
                   README.md
 
       - name: Update go.mod and testservice/go.mod