diff --git a/scripts/update-client.sh b/scripts/update-client.sh
index 7453839ce7..1d6dfe4cc9 100755
--- a/scripts/update-client.sh
+++ b/scripts/update-client.sh
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ find "${CLIENT_ROOT}/" -type f -name \*.md -exec sed -i 's/kubernetes.client-pyt
 echo "--- updating version information..."
 sed -i'' "s/^CLIENT_VERSION = .*/CLIENT_VERSION = \\\"${CLIENT_VERSION}\\\"/" "${SCRIPT_ROOT}/../setup.py"
 sed -i'' "s/^PACKAGE_NAME = .*/PACKAGE_NAME = \\\"${PACKAGE_NAME}\\\"/" "${SCRIPT_ROOT}/../setup.py"
-sed -i'' "s/^DEVELOPMENT_STATUS = .*/DEVELOPMENT_STATUS = \\\"${DEVELOPMENT_STATUS}\\\"/" "${SCRIPT_ROOT}/../setup.py"
+sed -i'' "s,^DEVELOPMENT_STATUS = .*,DEVELOPMENT_STATUS = \\\"${DEVELOPMENT_STATUS}\\\"," "${SCRIPT_ROOT}/../setup.py"
 sed -i'' "/^configuration = Configuration()$/d" "${CLIENT_ROOT}/client/__init__.py"
 sed -i'' "/^from .configuration import Configuration$/d" "${CLIENT_ROOT}/client/__init__.py"
 sed -i '${/^$/d;}' "${CLIENT_ROOT}/client/__init__.py"