diff --git a/lib/python/release.sh b/lib/python/release.sh
index 7bd1ed903a635d5f10fd1b18abf6058ec3aa7c72..9c5e62d2d0893d1810fbfd1cd772a1abdfbba2f8 100755
--- a/lib/python/release.sh
+++ b/lib/python/release.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-cat "${CI_PIPYRC}" | base64 -d > .pypirc
+echo "${CI_PIPYRC}" | base64 -d > .pypirc
 python -m twine upload --config-file .pypirc --verbose --repository pypi ./lib/python/dist/dbrepo-*