diff --git a/deploy.sh b/deploy.sh
index 368685577..32d41ff80 100755
--- a/deploy.sh
+++ b/deploy.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 
-PVER = $(./mvnw help:evaluate -Dexpression=project.version -q -DforceStdout | awk 'BEGIN {FS="-"} ; {print $2}')
-DVER = echo ${PVER} | awk 'BEGIN {FS="."}; {print $1"."$2"."$3 + 1}'
+PVER=$(./mvnw help:evaluate -Dexpression=project.version -q -DforceStdout | awk 'BEGIN {FS="-"} ; {print $2}')
+DVER=$(echo ${PVER} | awk 'BEGIN {FS="."}; {print $1"."$2"."$3 + 1}')
 
 ./mvnw -B release:prepare -Dtag=$PVER -DreleaseVersion=$PVER -DdevelopmentVersion=$DVER &&
 ./mvnw release:perform -Darguments="-Dmaven.deploy.skip=true"
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