diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/ci.yaml b/.gitea/workflows/ci.yaml
index c3efb8a..3d83a73 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -118,7 +118,8 @@ jobs:
         id: meta
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail
-          version="$(node -p "require('./frontend/package.json').version")"
+          version="$(sed -n 's/.*"version": "\([^"]*\)".*/\1/p' frontend/package.json | head -n 1)"
+          test -n "$version"
           run_number="${GITHUB_RUN_NUMBER:-${GITEA_RUN_NUMBER:-0}}"
           if [ "$run_number" != "0" ]; then
             build_version="${version}+build.${run_number}"