diff --git a/dev/build-release.sh b/dev/build-release.sh
index d33eba7fd7dce356d5fca8c6a8182d4a3a7f6ebb..7fc2ba73fe5290e9662d8c110f51b6b0ea379394 100755
--- a/dev/build-release.sh
+++ b/dev/build-release.sh
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ 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"