diff --git a/scripts/build-downstream-projects.sh b/scripts/build-downstream-projects.sh
index f3a4117b6a..ffcd444307 100755
--- a/scripts/build-downstream-projects.sh
+++ b/scripts/build-downstream-projects.sh
@@ -21,12 +21,12 @@ update_solana_dependencies() {
   declare tomls=()
   while IFS='' read -r line; do tomls+=("$line"); done < <(find "$1" -name Cargo.toml)
 
-  sed -i -e "s#\(solana-program = \"\)[^\"]*\(\"\)#\1$solana_ver\2#g" "${tomls[@]}" || return $?
-  sed -i -e "s#\(solana-program-test = \"\)[^\"]*\(\"\)#\1$solana_ver\2#g" "${tomls[@]}" || return $?
-  sed -i -e "s#\(solana-sdk = \"\).*\(\"\)#\1$solana_ver\2#g" "${tomls[@]}" || return $?
-  sed -i -e "s#\(solana-sdk = { version = \"\)[^\"]*\(\"\)#\1$solana_ver\2#g" "${tomls[@]}" || return $?
-  sed -i -e "s#\(solana-client = \"\)[^\"]*\(\"\)#\1$solana_ver\2#g" "${tomls[@]}" || return $?
-  sed -i -e "s#\(solana-client = { version = \"\)[^\"]*\(\"\)#\1$solana_ver\2#g" "${tomls[@]}" || return $?
+  sed -i -e "s#\(solana-program = \"\)[^\"]*\(\"\)#\1=$solana_ver\2#g" "${tomls[@]}" || return $?
+  sed -i -e "s#\(solana-program-test = \"\)[^\"]*\(\"\)#\1=$solana_ver\2#g" "${tomls[@]}" || return $?
+  sed -i -e "s#\(solana-sdk = \"\).*\(\"\)#\1=$solana_ver\2#g" "${tomls[@]}" || return $?
+  sed -i -e "s#\(solana-sdk = { version = \"\)[^\"]*\(\"\)#\1=$solana_ver\2#g" "${tomls[@]}" || return $?
+  sed -i -e "s#\(solana-client = \"\)[^\"]*\(\"\)#\1=$solana_ver\2#g" "${tomls[@]}" || return $?
+  sed -i -e "s#\(solana-client = { version = \"\)[^\"]*\(\"\)#\1=$solana_ver\2#g" "${tomls[@]}" || return $?
 }
 
 patch_crates_io() {