diff --git a/fdroidMergeRequest.sh b/fdroidMergeRequest.sh
index 23bb0ce9185542b01f741356d1ddb6e9ba6bd8bb..de822c0fbcb9b1edc086505d99954fac4c20447f 100755
--- a/fdroidMergeRequest.sh
+++ b/fdroidMergeRequest.sh
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ cp ${METADATA_FOLDER}/cx.ring.yml ${METADATA_FOLDER}/cx.ring.yml_
 
 head -n -11 ${METADATA_FOLDER}/cx.ring.yml_ > ${METADATA_FOLDER}/cx.ring.yml
 
+if [[ ${versionName} =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]]; then
+   versionName="'${versionName}'"
+fi
+
 echo "  - versionName: ${versionName}
     versionCode: ${versionCode}
     commit: ${commit}