diff --git a/justfile b/justfile
index 7c56dab..ddfd677 100644
--- a/justfile
+++ b/justfile
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ release-check version:
     #!/usr/bin/env perl
     # The version arrives through the recipe interpolation: just does not hand
     # positional arguments to a shebang script's @ARGV.
-    my $version = q{ {{version}} };
+    my $version = "{{version}}";
     $version =~ m{\Av?\d+\.\d+\.\d+\z} or die qq{usage: just release-check X.Y.Z\n};
     my $branch = qx{git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD};
     chomp $branch;