diff --git a/recipes/nodejs-wheel/meta.yaml b/recipes/nodejs-wheel/meta.yaml
index aa03ec13f7166..1cc34ef079477 100644
--- a/recipes/nodejs-wheel/meta.yaml
+++ b/recipes/nodejs-wheel/meta.yaml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ build:
   noarch: python
   number: 0
   script_env:
-    - SETUPTOOLS_SCM_PRETEND_VERSION={{version}}
+    - SETUPTOOLS_SCM_PRETEND_VERSION={{ version }}
     - SKBUILD_WHEEL_CMAKE=0
   script: "{{ PYTHON }} -m pip install . -vv"