diff --git a/release.sh b/release.sh
index 6fb1f8968c12b..4ffe32ff4710b 100755
--- a/release.sh
+++ b/release.sh
@@ -38,6 +38,11 @@ echo "Upgrading version from the current version of ${version}"
 
 # The {new_version} is not a bash variable - it's a bumpversion notation for the new version.
 # Please see bumpversion --help for more information.
-bumpversion --current-version ${version} --commit --tag --tag-name {new_version} ${type} ./setup.py
+bumpversion --current-version ${version} \
+  --search "VERSION = \"{current_version}\"" \
+  --replace "VERSION = \"{new_version}\"" \
+  --commit --tag \
+  --tag-name {new_version} \
+  ${type} ./setup.py
 git push --tags origin master
 echo "Done pushing to master"
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index b697b68da5b6f..98e776e34c45f 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -29,6 +29,6 @@
     url="https://github.com/MarquezProject/marquez-airflow",
     packages=setuptools.find_packages(),
     install_requires=[
-        "marquez-python==0.1.21",
+        "marquez-python==0.1.11",
     ],
 )