diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/tree-sitter/update.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/tree-sitter/update.nix
index 96b5e47316c7..961a5e96e0b5 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/tree-sitter/update.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/tree-sitter/update.nix
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ let
     if [[ "$(printf "%s" "$res" | ${jq}/bin/jq '.message?')" =~ "rate limit" ]]; then
       echo "rate limited" >&2
     fi
-    release="$(printf "%s" "$res" | ${jq}/bin/jq -r '.tag_name')"
+    release="$(printf "%s" "$res" | ${jq}/bin/jq -r '.tag_name' | tr -d \")"
     # github sometimes returns an empty list even tough there are releases
     if [ "$release" = "null" ]; then
       echo "uh-oh, latest for ${orga + "/" + repo} is not there, using HEAD" >&2