diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 97f57aef5c817fe3f61a0a3b2452ed06b16bd6d3..b0c8a2be2663e05dd814d3e55505ce201cdde86f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ More info:
 
 - [Rust language support](https://github.com/C4tWithShell/community-rust)
 - [test coverage & execution parameters](https://docs.sonarqube.org/latest/analysis/coverage/)
-- [third-party issues](https://docs.sonarqube.org/latest/analysis/external-issues/)
+- [third-party issues](https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube-server/latest/analyzing-source-code/importing-external-issues/external-analyzer-reports/)
 
 ### `rust-lint` job
 
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