diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-libs.yaml b/.github/workflows/publish-libs.yaml
index 34ca53e2e5..945cbf6767 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-libs.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-libs.yaml
@@ -31,6 +31,6 @@ jobs:
           git config --global user.email "runner@gha.local"
           git config --global user.name "GitHub Action"
           # Remove r-a crates from the workspaces so we don't auto-publish them as well
-          sed -i 's/ "crates\/\*"//' ./Cargo.toml
-          sed -i 's/ "xtask\/"//' ./Cargo.toml
+          sed -i 's/"crates\/\*"//' ./Cargo.toml
+          sed -i 's/"xtask\/"//' ./Cargo.toml
           cargo workspaces publish --yes --exact --from-git --no-git-commit --allow-dirty