diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 9363e3e..1cfd094 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ jobs:
           if (printf "$CIRCLE_TAG" | grep -Pq -- '-[a-z]+\d?$'); then
             PRERELEASE='-prerelease'
           fi
-          ghr -u "$CIRCLE_PROJECT_USERNAME" -r "$CIRCLE_PROJECT_REPONAME" -replace "$PRERELEASE" "$CIRCLE_TAG" release
+          ghr -u "$CIRCLE_PROJECT_USERNAME" -r "$CIRCLE_PROJECT_REPONAME" -replace $PRERELEASE "$CIRCLE_TAG" release
 
 workflows:
   version: 2