diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index a5731e4..027e002 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 1.2.0
+current_version = 1.2.1
 commit = True
 message = Bumps version to {new_version}
 tag = False
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 6f7ef63..2952edb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ jobs:
           set -eu -o pipefail
           RELEASE=false
           PRIOR_VERSION=$(git describe --abbrev=0 --tags || true)
-          RELEASE_VERSION=$(grep current_version .bumpversion.cfg | sed 's/^.*= //' )
+          RELEASE_VERSION=$(grep -E "current_version\s*=" .bumpversion.cfg | sed 's/^.*= //' )
           if [[ "$PRIOR_VERSION" != "$RELEASE_VERSION" ]]; then RELEASE=true; fi
           echo "condition=${RELEASE}"
           echo "version=${RELEASE_VERSION}"