diff --git a/.github/workflows/version_bump.yml b/.github/workflows/version_bump.yml
index 382b9975436e6979e5ad123e8132613eabec4c73..212ddcd84657c66e6a1c1bc1f8cd83274d48e904 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/version_bump.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/version_bump.yml
@@ -43,13 +43,13 @@ jobs:
               id: new-version
               if: steps.bump-type.outputs.bump-type != 'null'
               run: |
-                  CURRENT_VERSION='python setup.py --version'
-                  if "${{ steps.bump-type.outputs.bump-type }}" == 'major'; then
-                    NEW_VERSION=`IFS='.' read -ra SPLITVER <<< "$VERSION"; echo $(("${SPLITVER[0]}"+1))."${SPLITVER[1]}"."${SPLITVER[2]}";`
-                  elif "${{ steps.bump-type.outputs.bump-type }}" == 'minor'; then
-                    NEW_VERSION=`IFS='.' read -ra SPLITVER <<< "$VERSION"; echo "${SPLITVER[0]}".$(("${SPLITVER[1]}"+1))."${SPLITVER[2]}";`
-                  elif "${{ steps.bump-type.outputs.bump-type }}" == 'patch'; then
-                    NEW_VERSION=`IFS='.' read -ra SPLITVER <<< "$VERSION"; echo "${SPLITVER[0]}"."${SPLITVER[1]}".$(("${SPLITVER[2]}"+1));`
+                  CURRENT_VERSION=`python setup.py --version`
+                  if [[ "${{ steps.bump-type.outputs.bump-type }}" == 'major' ]]; then
+                    NEW_VERSION=`IFS='.' read -ra SPLITVER <<< "$CURRENT_VERSION"; echo $(("${SPLITVER[0]}"+1))."${SPLITVER[1]}"."${SPLITVER[2]}";`
+                  elif [[ "${{ steps.bump-type.outputs.bump-type }}" == 'minor' ]]; then
+                    NEW_VERSION=`IFS='.' read -ra SPLITVER <<< "$CURRENT_VERSION"; echo "${SPLITVER[0]}".$(("${SPLITVER[1]}"+1))."${SPLITVER[2]}";`
+                  elif [[ "${{ steps.bump-type.outputs.bump-type }}" == 'patch' ]]; then
+                    NEW_VERSION=`IFS='.' read -ra SPLITVER <<< "$CURRENT_VERSION"; echo "${SPLITVER[0]}"."${SPLITVER[1]}".$(("${SPLITVER[2]}"+1));`
                   fi  
                   echo "::set-output name=new-version::$NEW_VERSION"
                   echo "::set-output name=current-version::$CURRENT_VERSION"