diff --git a/scripts/bump-version.py b/scripts/bump-version.py
index 25873539b389ad80b481086c7f23e50751e637ce..8e28ebad174e442d5c7bab79c4fc344cb63fa2d8 100755
--- a/scripts/bump-version.py
+++ b/scripts/bump-version.py
@@ -42,6 +42,6 @@ lines = open(vfile).readlines()
 for i, line in enumerate(lines):
   if line.startswith("From: registry.scicore.unibas.ch/schwede/openstructure:"):
     lines[i] = 'From: registry.scicore.unibas.ch/schwede/openstructure:'+\
-      '%s' % version_string
+      '%s\n' % version_string
     break
 open(vfile, "w").writelines(lines)