diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0cb5c045b..a37556e1d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ sudo eopkg install lazygit
 ### Ubuntu
 
 ```sh
-LAZYGIT_VERSION=$(curl -s "https://api.github.com/repos/jesseduffield/lazygit/releases/latest" | grep -Po '"tag_name": "v\K[0-35.]+')
+LAZYGIT_VERSION=$(curl -s "https://api.github.com/repos/jesseduffield/lazygit/releases/latest" | grep '"tag_name":' |  sed -E 's/.*"v*([^"]+)".*/\1/')
 ```
 
 ```sh