diff --git a/etc/scripts/release.sh b/etc/scripts/release.sh
index 908860c28af..813a30ee4b6 100755
--- a/etc/scripts/release.sh
+++ b/etc/scripts/release.sh
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ release_build(){
 
     # Update scm/tag entry in the parent pom
     cat parent/pom.xml | \
-        sed -i s@'<tag>HEAD</tag>'@"<tag>${FULL_VERSION}</tag>"@g \
+        sed -e s@'<tag>HEAD</tag>'@"<tag>${FULL_VERSION}</tag>"@g \
         > parent/pom.xml.tmp
     mv parent/pom.xml.tmp parent/pom.xml