diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index e69b52f7..39683e0b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -82,15 +82,14 @@ jobs:
         poetry version "$JRNL_VERSION"
         {
           echo "# This file is managed automatically by the GitHub release flow"
-          echo ""
+          echo
           echo "import sys"
-          echo ""
+          echo
           echo "__version__ = \"$JRNL_VERSION\""
-          echo ""
-          echo "# this makes the version available at `jrnl.__version__` without requiring a"
-          echo "# `__init__.py` file in the *jrnl* root directory!"
-          echo "sys.modules[\"jrnl.__version__\"] = __version__"
-          echo ""
+          echo
+          echo '# this makes the version available at `jrnl.__version__` without requiring a'
+          echo '# `__init__.py` file in the *jrnl* root directory!'
+          echo 'sys.modules["jrnl.__version__"] = __version__'
         } > jrnl/__version__.py
 
     - name: Commit updated files