diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index de4be937..1b23eb01 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ jacocoTestReport {
     }
 }
 
-String version = '7.2.0'
+String version = '7.2.1'
 
 task updateVersion {
     doLast {
diff --git a/tests/jenkins/TestRetrievePreviousBuild.groovy b/tests/jenkins/TestRetrievePreviousBuild.groovy
index 11d001aa..a903f3ed 100644
--- a/tests/jenkins/TestRetrievePreviousBuild.groovy
+++ b/tests/jenkins/TestRetrievePreviousBuild.groovy
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ class TestRetrievePreviousBuild extends BuildPipelineTest {
         super.testPipeline('tests/jenkins/jobs/RetrievePreviousBuild_Jenkinsfile')
         def shCommands = getCommands('sh', 'mkdir')
         assertThat(shCommands, hasItems('rm -rf tar && mkdir -p tar && mv -v /tmp/workspace/download/dummy_job/2.12.0/123/linux/x64/tar/* /tmp/workspace/tar'))
-        assertThat(shCommands, hasItems('mkdir -p ~/.m2/repository/org/ && cp -r tar/builds/opensearch/maven/org/opensearch/ ~/.m2/repository/org/'))
+        assertThat(shCommands, hasItems('mkdir -p $HOME/.m2/repository/org/ && cp -r tar/builds/opensearch/maven/org/opensearch/ $HOME/.m2/repository/org/'))
 
         assertThat(shCommands, hasItems('rm -rf zip && mkdir -p zip && mv -v /tmp/workspace/download/dummy_job/2.12.0/1234/windows/x64/zip/* /tmp/workspace/zip'))
         assertThat(shCommands, not(hasItems('mkdir -p ~/.m2/repository/org/ && cp -r zip/builds/opensearch/maven/org/opensearch/ ~/.m2/repository/org/')))
diff --git a/tests/jenkins/jobs/RetrievePreviousBuild_Jenkinsfile.txt b/tests/jenkins/jobs/RetrievePreviousBuild_Jenkinsfile.txt
index 0c06d4b4..2e27d9e5 100644
--- a/tests/jenkins/jobs/RetrievePreviousBuild_Jenkinsfile.txt
+++ b/tests/jenkins/jobs/RetrievePreviousBuild_Jenkinsfile.txt
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
                               downloadFromS3.s3Download({file=/tmp/workspace/download, bucket=ARTIFACT_BUCKET_NAME, path=dummy_job/2.12.0/123/linux/x64/tar/, force=true})
                   retrievePreviousBuild.sh(rm -rf tar && mkdir -p tar && mv -v /tmp/workspace/download/dummy_job/2.12.0/123/linux/x64/tar/* /tmp/workspace/tar)
                   retrievePreviousBuild.echo(Setting up Maven Local for OpenSearch build.)
-                  retrievePreviousBuild.sh(mkdir -p ~/.m2/repository/org/ && cp -r tar/builds/opensearch/maven/org/opensearch/ ~/.m2/repository/org/)
+                  retrievePreviousBuild.sh(mkdir -p $HOME/.m2/repository/org/ && cp -r tar/builds/opensearch/maven/org/opensearch/ $HOME/.m2/repository/org/)
                RetrievePreviousBuild_Jenkinsfile.retrievePreviousBuild({inputManifest=tests/data/opensearch-dashboards-input-2.12.0.yml, distribution=zip, architecture=x64, platform=windows, distributionBuildNumber=1234})
                   retrievePreviousBuild.legacySCM(groovy.lang.Closure)
                   retrievePreviousBuild.library({identifier=jenkins@main, retriever=null})
diff --git a/vars/retrievePreviousBuild.groovy b/vars/retrievePreviousBuild.groovy
index 61402480..76c47c5f 100644
--- a/vars/retrievePreviousBuild.groovy
+++ b/vars/retrievePreviousBuild.groovy
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ void call(Map args = [:]) {
     sh("rm -rf ${distribution} && mkdir -p ${distribution} && mv -v ${prefixPath}/${artifactPath}/* ${WORKSPACE}/${distribution}")
     if (inputManifestObj.build.getFilename().equals("opensearch")) {
         echo("Setting up Maven Local for OpenSearch build.")
-        sh("mkdir -p ~/.m2/repository/org/ && cp -r ${distribution}/builds/opensearch/maven/org/opensearch/ ~/.m2/repository/org/")
+        sh("mkdir -p \$HOME/.m2/repository/org/ && cp -r ${distribution}/builds/opensearch/maven/org/opensearch/ \$HOME/.m2/repository/org/")
     }
 
 }