diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 7be9d3bf..9b2d6e1a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ jobs:
           IFS=. read -r MAJOR MINOR PATCH <<<"$LATEST"
           PACKED=$((MAJOR * 10000 + MINOR * 100 + PATCH))
           echo "Pinning PFUI_CLASSIC_API_LATEST to $LATEST ($PACKED)"
-          sed -i "s/^local PFUI_CLASSIC_API_LATEST = [0-9]*/local PFUI_CLASSIC_API_LATEST = $PACKED/" pfUI.lua
-          grep '^local PFUI_CLASSIC_API_' pfUI.lua
+          sed -i "s/^\([[:space:]]*\)local PFUI_CLASSIC_API_LATEST  = [0-9]*/\1local PFUI_CLASSIC_API_LATEST  = $PACKED/" pfUI.lua
+          grep 'local PFUI_CLASSIC_API_' pfUI.lua
         env:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}