diff --git a/scripts/bisect.scala b/scripts/bisect.scala
index 77615c0a..b89eaaa4 100755
--- a/scripts/bisect.scala
+++ b/scripts/bisect.scala
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ object ValidationScript:
     tmpScript(openCBDir)(raw"""
       |#!/usr/bin/env bash  
       |export NIGHTLYBUILD=yes
-      |scalaVersion=$$(sbt "print ${scala3CompilerProject}/version" | tail -n 2 | grep . | tail -n 1)
+      |scalaVersion=$$(sbt "print ${scala3CompilerProject}/version" | grep . | tail -n 2 | head -n 1)
       |echo "ScalaVersion=$${scalaVersion}"
       |rm -r out
       |sbt "clean; set every sonatypePublishToBundle := Some(\"CommunityBuildRepo\" at \"$mavenRepo\"); ${scala3Project}/publish"