diff --git a/ci/release/update-version.sh b/ci/release/update-version.sh
index 075eb896f2..5bb98511cf 100755
--- a/ci/release/update-version.sh
+++ b/ci/release/update-version.sh
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ for FILE in dependencies.yaml conda/environments/*.yaml; do
     sed_runner "/-.* ${DEP}\(-cu[[:digit:]]\{2\}\)\{0,1\}==/ s/==.*/==${NEXT_SHORT_TAG_PEP440}.*,>=0.0.0a0/g" "${FILE}"
   done
   for DEP in "${UCXX_DEPENDENCIES[@]}"; do
-    sed_runner "/-.* ${DEP}\(-cu[[:digit:]]\{2\}\)\{0,1\}==/ s/==.*/==${NEXT_UCXX_SHORT_TAG_PEP440}.*/,>=0.0.0a0/g" "${FILE}"
+    sed_runner "/-.* ${DEP}\(-cu[[:digit:]]\{2\}\)\{0,1\}==/ s/==.*/==${NEXT_UCXX_SHORT_TAG_PEP440}.*,>=0.0.0a0/g" "${FILE}"
   done
 done
 for FILE in python/*/pyproject.toml; do