diff --git a/.github/workflows/pyre.yml b/.github/workflows/pyre.yml
index fd773c787..0723791e8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pyre.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pyre.yml
@@ -19,9 +19,10 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: >
+          VERSION=$(grep "version" .pyre_configuration | sed -n -e 's/.*\(0\.0\.[0-9]*\).*/\1/p')
           pip install torch --index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/nightly/cpu &&
           pip install fbgemm-gpu --index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/nightly/cpu &&
           pip install -r requirements.txt &&
-          pip install pyre-check-nightly==$(cat .pyre_configuration | grep version | awk '{print $2}' | sed 's/\"//g')
+          pip install pyre-check-nightly==$VERSION
       - name: Pyre check
         run: pyre check