diff --git a/scripts/ui_release.sh b/scripts/ui_release.sh
index 3693cc718..0f251690b 100755
--- a/scripts/ui_release.sh
+++ b/scripts/ui_release.sh
@@ -75,12 +75,17 @@ function bumpVersion() {
   if [[ "${version}" == v* ]]; then
     version="${version:1}"
   fi
-  # increase the version on all packages
-  npm version "${version}" --workspaces
   # upgrade the @prometheus-io/* dependencies on all packages
   for workspace in ${workspaces}; do
-    sed -E -i "s|(\"@prometheus-io/.+\": )\".+\"|\1\"\^${version}\"|" "${workspace}"/package.json
+    # sed -i syntax is different on mac and linux
+    if [[ "$OSTYPE" == "darwin"* ]]; then
+      sed -E -i "" "s|(\"@prometheus-io/.+\": )\".+\"|\1\"${version}\"|" "${workspace}"/package.json
+    else
+      sed -E -i "s|(\"@prometheus-io/.+\": )\".+\"|\1\"${version}\"|" "${workspace}"/package.json
+    fi
   done
+  # increase the version on all packages
+  npm version "${version}" --workspaces
 }
 
 if [[ "$1" == "--copy" ]]; then