diff --git a/.github/workflows/dependency-updates.yml b/.github/workflows/dependency-updates.yml
index caaddc3..d361a33 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dependency-updates.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dependency-updates.yml
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ jobs:
               | tail -1 \
               | sed -E "s/\^\{\}//"
           )"
-          sed -i "s|certbot==.*|certbot==$CB_VERSION|" Dockerfile
-          sed -i "s|certbot-dns-cloudflare==.*|certbot-dns-cloudflare==$CB_VERSION|" Dockerfile
+          sed -i "s|certbot==.*|certbot==$CB_VERSION \\\|" Dockerfile
+          sed -i "s|certbot-dns-cloudflare==.*|certbot-dns-cloudflare==$CB_VERSION \\\|" Dockerfile
           sed -i "s|certbot-dns-multi==.*|certbot-dns-multi==$CBDM_VERSION|" Dockerfile
       - name: Create Pull Request
         uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v5