diff --git a/query-engine/query-engine-wasm/build.sh b/query-engine/query-engine-wasm/build.sh
index 184e4baf3545..a5b4859e82eb 100755
--- a/query-engine/query-engine-wasm/build.sh
+++ b/query-engine/query-engine-wasm/build.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+set -e
+
 # Call this script as `./build.sh <npm_version>`
 
 OUT_VERSION="$1"
@@ -12,7 +14,7 @@ OUT_NPM_NAME="@prisma/query-engine-wasm"
 # to avoid conflicts with libquery's `name = "query_engine"` library name declaration.
 # This little `sed -i` trick below is a hack to publish "@prisma/query-engine-wasm"
 # with the same binding filenames currently expected by the Prisma Client.
-sed -i '' 's/name = "query_engine_wasm"/name = "query_engine"/g' Cargo.toml
+sed -i 's/name = "query_engine_wasm"/name = "query_engine"/g' Cargo.toml
 
 # use `wasm-pack build --release` on CI only
 if [[ -z "$BUILDKITE" ]] && [[ -z "$GITHUB_ACTIONS" ]]; then
@@ -23,7 +25,7 @@ fi
 
 wasm-pack build $BUILD_PROFILE --target $OUT_TARGET
 
-sed -i '' 's/name = "query_engine"/name = "query_engine_wasm"/g' Cargo.toml
+sed -i 's/name = "query_engine"/name = "query_engine_wasm"/g' Cargo.toml
 
 sleep 1