diff --git a/.github/workflows/update_range_message.yml b/.github/workflows/update_range_message.yml
index ad2114c..8489a63 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update_range_message.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update_range_message.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ jobs:
             CHANGES_PUSHED: 0
         steps:
             - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+            - name: old version
+              run: |
+                perl -0777 -ne 'm/^our \x24VERSION\s+=\s+\x27(.+?)\x27/m and print qq(OLD_VERSION=$1)' lib/Business/ISBN/Data.pm >> $GITHUB_ENV
             - name: setup packages
               run: |
                 sudo apt -y install libxml2-utils
@@ -40,9 +43,8 @@ jobs:
               if: ${{ env.RANGE_MESSAGES_SAME == 0 }}
               run: |
                 mv lib/Business/ISBN/RangeMessage.xml.new lib/Business/ISBN/RangeMessage.xml
-                perl -000 -le 'm/^our \x24VERSION=\x27(.+?)\x27/m and print qq(OLD_VERSION=$1)' lib/Business/ISBN/Data.pm >> $GITHUB_ENV
+                perl -0777 -ne 'm/^our \x24VERSION\s+=\s+\x27(.+?)\x27/m and print qq(NEW_VERSION=$1)' lib/Business/ISBN/Data.pm >> $GITHUB_ENV
                 perl -Ilib examples/make_default_data.pl
-                perl -000 -le 'm/^our \x24VERSION=\x27(.+?)\x27/m and print qq(NEW_VERSION=$1)' lib/Business/ISBN/Data.pm >> $GITHUB_ENV
                 perl Makefile.PL
                 make test
             - name: Commit RangeMessage.xml