diff --git a/project/scripts/release b/project/scripts/release
index 6ecd11afbe..dbd265b667 100755
--- a/project/scripts/release
+++ b/project/scripts/release
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ if [ $dry_run ]; then
 else
   important ssh ${release_server} "cd ${release_path}/docs/akka; git add .; git commit -m 'before publishing version $version'; true"
   # using Scala 2.13 here to avoid the infamous problem with missing AskSupport in classpath
-  important sbt -Dakka.build.scalaVersion=2.13.0 $RELEASE_OPT publishRsync"
+  important sbt -Dakka.build.scalaVersion=2.13.0 $RELEASE_OPT publishRsync
   important ssh ${release_server} "cd ${release_path}/docs/akka; git add .; git commit -m 'publish version $version'"
 fi