diff --git a/.github/workflows/check.yml b/.github/workflows/check.yml
index b2659e30..a962ddd4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
 
       - name: Install dependencies
-        run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install git build-essential nasm curl mtools -y
+        run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install git build-essential autoconf nasm curl mtools -y
 
       - name: Build the bootloader
         run: ./autogen.sh && make all
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 43edb7a1..e3d03130 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
         run: echo "BRANCH_NAME=$(echo "$TAG_NAME" | grep -o 'v[0-9]\+\.')0-branch" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
       - name: Install dependencies
-        run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install git build-essential nasm gcc-mingw-w64 gcc-multilib curl mtools -y
+        run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install git build-essential autoconf nasm gcc-mingw-w64 gcc-multilib curl mtools -y
 
       - name: Regenerate
         run: NOCONFIGURE=yes ./autogen.sh
diff --git a/version.sh b/version.sh
index 5325cbc3..a4e061d3 100755
--- a/version.sh
+++ b/version.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-cat version 2>/dev/null || ( git describe --exact-match --tags `git log -n1 --pretty='%h'` 2>/dev/null || git log -n1 --pretty='%h' )
+[ -f version ] || ( git describe --exact-match --tags $(git log -n1 --pretty='%h') 2>/dev/null || git log -n1 --pretty='%h' ) | xargs printf '%s'
+[ -f version ] && ( cat version 2>/dev/null ) | xargs printf '%s'