diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-and-release.yml b/.github/workflows/build-and-release.yml
index 1917832..cafdc11 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-and-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-and-release.yml
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Create simplified requirements.txt from pyproject.toml
       run: |
         awk '/\[tool.poetry.dependencies\]/,/\[tool.poetry.dev-dependencies\]/ {if ($1 != "python" && $1 != "[tool.poetry.dependencies]" && $1 != "[tool.poetry.dev-dependencies]") print}' pyproject.toml | \
-        sed 's/ = "/==/g' | sed 's/[",^]//g' | sed 's/ *$//' > requirements.txt
+        sed 's/ = ".*"//' | sed 's/[",^]//g' | sed '/^$/d' > requirements.txt
         echo "Contents of requirements.txt:"
         cat requirements.txt