diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index b992aee..8b52d0c 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -48,8 +48,7 @@ help = "Extract, render, commit and version a finished artifact"
 shell = """
 quarto render --output-dir 05-final_paper
 poe extract
-poetry version minor
-VERSION="$(poetry version -s)"
+VERSION="$(poetry version -s minor)"
 git add pyproject.toml 02-data 05-final_paper
 git commit -m "Publish version $VERSION"
 git tag -a -m "new bundle for $(date -Isecond)" "$VERSION"