diff --git a/alpine-pkg-tag.sh b/alpine-pkg-tag.sh
index 468b0d0..c45655c 100644
--- a/alpine-pkg-tag.sh
+++ b/alpine-pkg-tag.sh
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 PKG_NAME=$1
 
 apk add --no-cache $PKG_NAME
-VER=$(apk version $PKG_NAME | grep $PKG_NAME | sed -e "s/$PKG_NAME-\(.*\)\s*=.*/\1/")
+VER=$(apk version $PKG_NAME | grep $PKG_NAME | sed -e "s/$PKG_NAME-\(.*\)\s*=.*/\1/" | awk '{$1=$1};1')
 echo -n "$VER,latest" > .tags