diff --git a/airbyte-ci/connectors/pipelines/pipelines/airbyte_ci/connectors/bump_version/pipeline.py b/airbyte-ci/connectors/pipelines/pipelines/airbyte_ci/connectors/bump_version/pipeline.py
index c3d1190140ef..76d024901a1f 100644
--- a/airbyte-ci/connectors/pipelines/pipelines/airbyte_ci/connectors/bump_version/pipeline.py
+++ b/airbyte-ci/connectors/pipelines/pipelines/airbyte_ci/connectors/bump_version/pipeline.py
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ async def update_package_version(self) -> StepResult:
             )
 
         content = await dagger_read_file(repo_dir, file_path)
-        new_content = re.sub(r"(?<=\bversion = \")(.*)(?=\")", self.new_version, content)
+        new_content = re.sub(r"^(?<=\bversion = \")(.*)(?=\")", self.new_version, content)
         self.repo_dir = await dagger_write_file(repo_dir, file_path, new_content)
 
         if self.export: