diff --git a/scripts/update-checksum.sh b/scripts/update-checksum.sh
index 72140b8..b0ab2fc 100755
--- a/scripts/update-checksum.sh
+++ b/scripts/update-checksum.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ cd "$SCRIPT_DIR/.."
 tag=$(curl --silent "https://api.github.com/repos/nix-community/nix-direnv/releases/latest" | grep '"tag_name":' | sed -E 's/.*"([^"]+)".*/\1/')
 sha256=$(direnv fetchurl "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nix-community/nix-direnv/${tag}/direnvrc" | grep -m1 -o 'sha256-.*')
 
-sed -i README.md -e "s!sha256-.*+!sha256-${sha256}\"!"
+sed -i README.md -e "s!sha256-.*!sha256-${sha256}\"!"
 git add README.md
 git commit -m "README: update fetchurl checksum"
 git push