diff --git a/dist/setup/index.js b/dist/setup/index.js
index ef8220c0..5876e780 100644
--- a/dist/setup/index.js
+++ b/dist/setup/index.js
@@ -70160,7 +70160,7 @@ exports.getVersionInputFromTomlFile = getVersionInputFromTomlFile;
  */
 function getVersionInputFromPlainFile(versionFile) {
     core.debug(`Trying to resolve version form ${versionFile}`);
-    const version = fs_1.default.readFileSync(versionFile, 'utf8');
+    const version = fs_1.default.readFileSync(versionFile, 'utf8').trim();
     core.info(`Resolved ${versionFile} as ${version}`);
     return [version];
 }
diff --git a/src/utils.ts b/src/utils.ts
index 5f000c13..eba5b75f 100644
--- a/src/utils.ts
+++ b/src/utils.ts
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ export function getVersionInputFromTomlFile(versionFile: string): string[] {
  */
 export function getVersionInputFromPlainFile(versionFile: string): string[] {
   core.debug(`Trying to resolve version form ${versionFile}`);
-  const version = fs.readFileSync(versionFile, 'utf8');
+  const version = fs.readFileSync(versionFile, 'utf8').trim();
   core.info(`Resolved ${versionFile} as ${version}`);
   return [version];
 }