diff --git a/.tekton/clowder-pull-request.yaml b/.tekton/clowder-pull-request.yaml
index 7e450eab9..6ac004db7 100644
--- a/.tekton/clowder-pull-request.yaml
+++ b/.tekton/clowder-pull-request.yaml
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ spec:
           - name: kustomize-build
             image: registry.access.redhat.com/ubi8/ubi:latest
             workingDir: /var/workdir/source
-            script: set -e && dnf install -y git go make && CLOWDER_VERSION=sh("git describe --tags").trim() && make update-version
+            script: set -e && dnf install -y git go make && CLOWDER_VERSION="$('git describe --tags')" && make update-version
         volumes:
           # New volume to store a copy of the source code accessible only to this Task.
           - name: workdir