diff --git a/.github/workflow_data/version.sh b/.github/workflow_data/version.sh
index 0e6f4eb17f..b2ba351877 100644
--- a/.github/workflow_data/version.sh
+++ b/.github/workflow_data/version.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-export VERSION_TAG="$(grep -o "DIST_SUFFIX = .*" fbt_options.py | cut -d'"' -f2)"
+export VERSION_TAG="$(python -c 'import fbt_options; print(fbt_options.DIST_SUFFIX)')"
 echo "VERSION_TAG=${VERSION_TAG}" >> $GITHUB_ENV