diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 234dcd0f1e..eb9487627c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 /docs/package-lock.json
 /release/
 /release-info.json
-/release-info.json-e
+/release-info.json.bak
 *.crcbundle
 /tmp-embed/
 /RPMS/
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 1bd3323565..535dc3234e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -270,8 +270,9 @@ cross-lint: $(TOOLS_BINDIR)/golangci-lint gen_release_info
 .PHONY: gen_release_info
 gen_release_info:
 	@cat release-info.json.sample | sed s/@CRC_VERSION@/$(CRC_VERSION)/ > $(RELEASE_INFO)
-	@sed -i"" -e s/@GIT_COMMIT_SHA@/$(COMMIT_SHA)/ $(RELEASE_INFO)
-	@sed -i"" -e s/@OPENSHIFT_VERSION@/$(OPENSHIFT_VERSION)/ $(RELEASE_INFO)
+	@sed -i.bak -e s/@GIT_COMMIT_SHA@/$(COMMIT_SHA)/ $(RELEASE_INFO)
+	@sed -i.bak -e s/@OPENSHIFT_VERSION@/$(OPENSHIFT_VERSION)/ $(RELEASE_INFO)
+	@rm -f $(RELEASE_INFO).bak
 
 .PHONY: linux-release-binary macos-release-binary windows-release-binary
 linux-release-binary: LDFLAGS+= $(RELEASE_VERSION_VARIABLES)