diff --git a/Jenkinsfile b/Jenkinsfile
index 3643eaec..8b6a0cc3 100644
--- a/Jenkinsfile
+++ b/Jenkinsfile
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ pipeline {
 						sh 'echo -e "\\E[1;36mFrontend Version is:\\E[1;33m $(cat frontend/package.json | jq -r .version)\\E[0m"'
 						sh 'cat backend/package.json | jq --arg BUILD_VERSION "${BUILD_VERSION}" \'.version = $BUILD_VERSION\' | sponge backend/package.json'
 						sh 'echo -e "\\E[1;36mBackend Version is:\\E[1;33m  $(cat backend/package.json | jq -r .version)\\E[0m"'
-						sh 'sed -i -E "s/(version-)[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(-green)/\1${BUILD_VERSION}\2/" README.md'
+						sh 'sed -i -E "s/(version-)[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+(-green)/\\1${BUILD_VERSION}\\2/" README.md'
 					}
 				}
 			}