diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c80347c55695d9cbd0fab43074ed6c6c1fa23a4a..77a61a3b6e220a0faa2e366aa5f13c2af096be20 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ Add the following to your `.gitlab-ci.yml`:
 include:
   # include the template
   - project: "to-be-continuous/renovate"
-    ref: "1.2.2"
+    ref: "1.4.0"
     file: "/templates/gitlab-ci-renovate.yml"
 ```
 
diff --git a/bumpversion.sh b/bumpversion.sh
index 329e866dac988c049574a0a9f26ba89979c523a8..708faf434d2459d63b2bdaceada5eb32b0fd39eb 100755
--- a/bumpversion.sh
+++ b/bumpversion.sh
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ if [[ "$curVer" ]]; then
   log_info "Bump version from \\e[33;1m${curVer}\\e[0m to \\e[33;1m${nextVer}\\e[0m (release type: $relType)..."
 
   # replace in README
-  sed -e "s/ref: *'$curVer'/ref: '$nextVer'/" -e "s/ref: *\"$curVer\”/ref: \”$nextVer\”/" -e "s/component: *\(.*\)@$curVer/component: \1@$nextVer/" README.md > README.md.next
+  sed -e "s/ref: *'$curVer'/ref: '$nextVer'/" -e "s/ref: *\"$curVer\"/ref: \"$nextVer\"/" -e "s/component: *\(.*\)@$curVer/component: \1@$nextVer/" README.md > README.md.next
   mv -f README.md.next README.md
 
   # replace in template and variants