diff --git a/.ci/bump-elastic-stack-snapshot.yml b/.ci/bump-elastic-stack-snapshot.yml
index 16e7da3181..38f4090979 100644
--- a/.ci/bump-elastic-stack-snapshot.yml
+++ b/.ci/bump-elastic-stack-snapshot.yml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ targets:
     spec:
       file: ./internal/common/defaults.go
       matchpattern: '(BeatVersionBase =) "\d+.\d+.\d+-.*-SNAPSHOT"'
-      replacepattern: '$1 = "{{ source "latestVersion" }}-SNAPSHOT"'
+      replacepattern: '$1 "{{ source "latestVersion" }}-SNAPSHOT"'
 
   update-stack-version:
     name: "Update .stack-version"