diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 432e604..cdc6a63 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -49,22 +49,13 @@ test-container:
 version-set:
 	@next="$(TAG)" && \
 	current="$(VERSION)" && \
-	/usr/bin/sed -i '' "s/$$current/$$next/g" pkg/version/version.go && \
-	/usr/bin/sed -i '' "s/tag: $$current/tag: $$next/g" charts/podinfo/values.yaml && \
-	/usr/bin/sed -i '' "s/tag: $$current/tag: $$next/g" charts/podinfo/values-prod.yaml && \
-	/usr/bin/sed -i '' "s/appVersion: $$current/appVersion: $$next/g" charts/podinfo/Chart.yaml && \
-	/usr/bin/sed -i '' "s/version: $$current/version: $$next/g" charts/podinfo/Chart.yaml && \
-	/usr/bin/sed -i '' "s/podinfo:$$current/podinfo:$$next/g" kustomize/deployment.yaml && \
-	/usr/bin/sed -i '' "s/podinfo:$$current/podinfo:$$next/g" deploy/webapp/frontend/deployment.yaml && \
-	/usr/bin/sed -i '' "s/podinfo:$$current/podinfo:$$next/g" deploy/webapp/backend/deployment.yaml && \
-	/usr/bin/sed -i '' "s/podinfo:$$current/podinfo:$$next/g" deploy/bases/frontend/deployment.yaml && \
-	/usr/bin/sed -i '' "s/podinfo:$$current/podinfo:$$next/g" deploy/bases/backend/deployment.yaml && \
-	/usr/bin/sed -i '' "s/podinfo:$$current/podinfo:$$next/g" deploy/bases/database/statefulset-primary.yaml && \
-	/usr/bin/sed -i '' "s/podinfo:$$current/podinfo:$$next/g" deploy/bases/database/deployment-replica.yaml && \
-	/usr/bin/sed -i '' "s/podinfo:$$current/podinfo:$$next/g" deploy/bases/database/cronjob-rollup-daily.yaml && \
-	/usr/bin/sed -i '' "s/podinfo:$$current/podinfo:$$next/g" deploy/bases/database/cronjob-rollup-weekly.yaml && \
-	/usr/bin/sed -i '' "s/podinfo:$$current/podinfo:$$next/g" deploy/bases/database/cronjob-backup-daily.yaml && \
-	/usr/bin/sed -i '' "s/$$current/$$next/g" timoni/podinfo/values.cue && \
+	perl -i -pe "s/\Q$$current\E/$$next/g" pkg/version/version.go && \
+	perl -i -pe "s/tag: \Q$$current\E/tag: $$next/g" charts/podinfo/values.yaml && \
+	perl -i -pe "s/tag: \Q$$current\E/tag: $$next/g" charts/podinfo/values-prod.yaml && \
+	perl -i -pe "s/appVersion: \Q$$current\E/appVersion: $$next/g" charts/podinfo/Chart.yaml && \
+	perl -i -pe "s/version: \Q$$current\E/version: $$next/g" charts/podinfo/Chart.yaml && \
+	perl -i -pe "s/\Q$$current\E/$$next/g" timoni/podinfo/values.cue && \
+	grep -rl "podinfo:$$current" deploy kustomize | xargs perl -i -pe "s/\Qpodinfo:$$current\E/podinfo:$$next/g" && \
 	echo "Version $$next set in code, deployment, module, chart and kustomize"
 
 prep-release: