diff --git a/dev/build-release.sh b/dev/build-release.sh
index 7aad889e2cba7fa9ecb4f6ffa46581a9aa168ae8..ed0bb6bf55e78d1824e3c409dc2ed6dbc537c5c6 100755
--- a/dev/build-release.sh
+++ b/dev/build-release.sh
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ cat >$JSON_DATA <<EOL
     ]
   },
 EOL
-echo "  \"description\": \"# Main changes since $PREVIOUS $PREVIOUS_NAME\n$(jq <"$CHANGES" --raw-input 'sub("^#";"##")' | jq --slurp 'join("\n")' | sed 's/^.//;s/.$//')" >> $JSON_DATA
+echo "  \"description\": \"# Main changes since $PREVIOUS $PREVIOUS_NAME\n$(jq <"$CHANGES" --raw-input 'sub("^#";"##")' | jq --slurp 'join("\n")' | sed 's/^.//;s/.$//')\"" >> $JSON_DATA
 echo "}" >> $JSON_DATA
 
 echo "Release data file built"