diff --git a/scripts/fetch-package.js b/scripts/fetch-package.js
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
index f09522b8..d8cef46a
--- a/scripts/fetch-package.js
+++ b/scripts/fetch-package.js
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ async function main() {
     await asar.createPackage(expectedDeployDir, ASAR_PATH);
 
     if (setVersion) {
-        const semVer = fs.readFileSync(path.join(expectedDeployDir, "version"), "utf-8");
+        const semVer = fs.readFileSync(path.join(expectedDeployDir, "version"), "utf-8").trim();
         console.log("Updating version to " + semVer);
         await setPackageVersion(semVer);
     }