diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 705a0fc..185ee6a 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ dependencies = [
 ]
 
 [tool.semantic_release]
-version_variable = ["early_stopping_pytorch/__init__.py:__version__ = \"{version}\""]
-version_toml = ["pyproject.toml:project.version"]
+version_variable = ["early_stopping_pytorch/__init__.py:^__version__ = \"(.*)\""]
+version_toml = ["pyproject.toml:project.version"]  # Add this line
 branch = "main"
 upload_to_pypi = false
 build_command = "pip install build && python -m build"