diff --git a/gradle/mozconfig.gradle b/gradle/mozconfig.gradle
index 829fbe78e8b4..f89a5b878d33 100644
--- a/gradle/mozconfig.gradle
+++ b/gradle/mozconfig.gradle
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ def projectRootDir = System.getProperty("user.dir")
 def json = slurper.parse(new File("${projectRootDir}/mozconfig.json"))
 
 gradle.ext.mozconfig = json
-gradle.ext.mozconfig.substs.MOZ_APP_VERSION = file("${projectRootDir}/version.txt").getText('utf-8')
+gradle.ext.mozconfig.substs.MOZ_APP_VERSION = file("${projectRootDir}/version.txt").getText('utf-8').replaceAll("\n", "")
 gradle.ext.mozconfig.substs.MOZ_ANDROID_FAT_AAR_ARCHITECTURES = true
 gradle.ext.mozconfig.substs.MOZ_UPDATE_CHANNEL = 'release'
 gradle.ext.mozconfig.substs.ALLOW_INSECURE_GRADLE_REPOSITORIES = true