diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1404ba03..ea39cca7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Extract information about the dependencies being updated by a Dependabot-generat
 
 ## Usage instructions
 
-Create a workflow file that contains a step that uses: `dependabot/fetch-metadata@vv1.3.1`, e.g.
+Create a workflow file that contains a step that uses: `dependabot/fetch-metadata@v1.3.1`, e.g.
 
 ```yaml
 -- .github/workflows/dependabot-prs.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
     - name: Fetch Dependabot metadata
       id: dependabot-metadata
-      uses: dependabot/fetch-metadata@vv1.3.1
+      uses: dependabot/fetch-metadata@v1.3.1
       with:
         alert-lookup: true
         compat-lookup: true
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Dependabot metadata
         id: dependabot-metadata
-        uses: dependabot/fetch-metadata@vv1.3.1
+        uses: dependabot/fetch-metadata@v1.3.1
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - name: Approve a PR if not already approved
         run: |
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Dependabot metadata
         id: dependabot-metadata
-        uses: dependabot/fetch-metadata@vv1.3.1
+        uses: dependabot/fetch-metadata@v1.3.1
       - name: Enable auto-merge for Dependabot PRs
         if: ${{contains(steps.dependabot-metadata.outputs.dependency-names, 'rails') && steps.dependabot-metadata.outputs.update-type == 'version-update:semver-patch'}}
         run: gh pr merge --auto --merge "$PR_URL"
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Dependabot metadata
         id: dependabot-metadata
-        uses: dependabot/fetch-metadata@vv1.3.1
+        uses: dependabot/fetch-metadata@v1.3.1
       - name: Add a label for all production dependencies
         if: ${{ steps.dependabot-metadata.outputs.dependency-type == 'direct:production' }}
         run: gh pr edit "$PR_URL" --add-label "production"
diff --git a/bin/bump-version b/bin/bump-version
index 1873df19..557a6b59 100755
--- a/bin/bump-version
+++ b/bin/bump-version
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ fi
 
 new_version=$(npm version "${patch_level}" --no-git-tag-version)
 git checkout -b "${new_version}"-release-notes
-sed -i.bak "s|dependabot/fetch-metadata@v[0-9.]*|dependabot/fetch-metadata@v${new_version}|g" "README.md"
+sed -i.bak "s|dependabot/fetch-metadata@v[0-9.]*|dependabot/fetch-metadata@${new_version}|g" "README.md"
 rm README.md.bak
 git add package.json package-lock.json README.md
 git commit -m "${new_version}"