diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 28fe9bf..9fe11ee 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -100,9 +100,7 @@ deploy:staging:
       FORCED=0
       if [ -n "${CI_VERSION_FORCE:-}" ]; then
         if expr "${CI_VERSION_FORCE}" : '^[0-9]\+\.[0-9]\+\.[0-9]\+$' >/dev/null; then
-          IFS='.' read -r FORCE_MAIN FORCE_SUB FORCE_PATCH <<EOF
-${CI_VERSION_FORCE}
-EOF
+          IFS='.' read -r FORCE_MAIN FORCE_SUB FORCE_PATCH <<< "${CI_VERSION_FORCE}"
           MAIN=$FORCE_MAIN
           SUB=$FORCE_SUB
           PATCH=$FORCE_PATCH
@@ -294,9 +292,7 @@ deploy:production:
       FORCED=0
       if [ -n "${CI_VERSION_FORCE:-}" ]; then
         if expr "${CI_VERSION_FORCE}" : '^[0-9]\+\.[0-9]\+\.[0-9]\+$' >/dev/null; then
-          IFS='.' read -r FORCE_MAIN FORCE_SUB FORCE_PATCH <<EOF
-${CI_VERSION_FORCE}
-EOF
+          IFS='.' read -r FORCE_MAIN FORCE_SUB FORCE_PATCH <<< "${CI_VERSION_FORCE}"
           MAIN=$FORCE_MAIN
           SUB=$FORCE_SUB
           PATCH=$FORCE_PATCH