diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 00f46a78..f74ca3b6 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ SHINYLIVE_DIR = ./_shinylive
 # the packages to be loadable first, which isn't possible without their
 # dependencies being installed first.
 HTMLTOOLS_VERSION = $(shell grep '^__version__ = ' $(PACKAGE_DIR)/py-htmltools/htmltools/__init__.py | sed -E -e 's/^__version__ = "(.*)"/\1/')
-SHINY_VERSION = $(shell grep '^__version__ = ' $(PACKAGE_DIR)/py-shiny/shiny/__init__.py | sed -E -e 's/^__version__ = "(.*)"/\1/')
+SHINY_VERSION = $(shell grep '^__version__ = ' $(PACKAGE_DIR)/py-shiny/shiny/_version.py | sed -E "s/.*['\"]([^'\"]+)['\"]/\1/")
 SHINYWIDGETS_VERSION = $(shell grep '^__version__ = ' $(PACKAGE_DIR)/py-shinywidgets/shinywidgets/__init__.py | sed -E -e 's/^__version__ = "(.*)"/\1/')
 FAICONS_VERSION = $(shell grep '^__version__ = ' $(PACKAGE_DIR)/py-faicons/faicons/__init__.py | sed -E -e 's/^__version__ = "(.*)"/\1/')