diff --git a/scripts/version_name.sh b/scripts/version_name.sh
index 499dc67299..59b533ba9b 100755
--- a/scripts/version_name.sh
+++ b/scripts/version_name.sh
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 function release_version() {
-    local build_file="${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/build.gradle"
-    local version_name_key="ext.version_name"
+    local build_file="${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/dependencies.gradle"
+    local version_name_key="version_name"
     local version_name_regex="^[0-9]{1,2}\.[0-9]{1,2}\.[0-9]{1,2}(-(alpha|beta|rc)[0-9]{2}){0,1}$"
 
-    local version
-    version=$(grep "${version_name_key}" "${build_file}" | sed -E "s/.*${version_name_key}[[:space:]]*=[[:space:]]*[\"\'](.*)[\"\'].*/\1/")
+    local version=$(sed -n "s/.*${version_name_key}[[:space:]]*=[[:space:]]*[\"\']\(.*\)[\"\'].*/\1/p" ${build_file})
 
     if [[ ! ${version} =~ ${version_name_regex} ]]; then
         echo "Error: invalid version name [$version], please validate that [$version_name_key] at [$build_file] follows regex $version_name_regex ."
@@ -16,4 +15,4 @@ function release_version() {
     echo "$version"
 }
 
-release_version
\ No newline at end of file
+release_version