diff --git a/.woodpecker.yml b/.woodpecker.yml
index 1180ec402d..a0a2d13c5c 100644
--- a/.woodpecker.yml
+++ b/.woodpecker.yml
@@ -38,11 +38,11 @@ pipeline:
       - rm -rf vc/v.c vc/v_win.c
       - ./v -o vc/v.c -os cross cmd/v
       - ./v -o vc/v_win.c -os windows -cc msvc cmd/v
-      - 'sed -i "1s/^/#define V_COMMIT_HASH \\"$COMMIT_HASH\"\n/" vc/v.c'
-      - 'sed -i "1s/^/#define V_COMMIT_HASH \\"$COMMIT_HASH\"\n/" vc/v_win.c'
+      - sed -i "1s/^/#define V_COMMIT_HASH \"$COMMIT_HASH\"\n/" vc/v.c
+      - sed -i "1s/^/#define V_COMMIT_HASH \"$COMMIT_HASH\"\n/" vc/v_win.c
         # ensure the C files are over 5000 lines long, as a safety measure
-      - [ $(wc -l < vc/v.c) -gt 5000 ]
-      - [ $(wc -l < vc/v_win.c) -gt 5000 ]
+      - '[ $(wc -l < vc/v.c) -gt 5000 ]'
+      - '[ $(wc -l < vc/v_win.c) -gt 5000 ]'
       - git -C vc add v.c v_win.c
       - 'git -C vc commit -m "[v:master] $COMMIT_HASH - $COMMIT_MSG"'
         # in case there are recent commits: