diff --git a/deploy.sh b/deploy.sh
index a853adc6e..e66a10ae6 100755
--- a/deploy.sh
+++ b/deploy.sh
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 PVER=$(./mvnw help:evaluate -Dexpression=project.version -q -DforceStdout | awk 'BEGIN {FS="-"} ; {print $1}')
 DVER=$(echo ${PVER} | awk 'BEGIN {FS="."}; {print $1"."$2"."$3 + 1}')
 
-./mvnw -B release:prepare -Dtag=$PVER -DreleaseVersion=$PVER -DdevelopmentVersion=$DVER-SNAPSHOT &&
+./mvnw -B release:prepare -Dtag=$PVER -DreleaseVersion=$PVER -DdevelopmentVersion="${DVER}-SNAPSHOT" &&
 ./mvnw release:perform -Darguments="-Dmaven.deploy.skip=true"
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