diff --git a/scripts/increment-cargo-version.sh b/scripts/increment-cargo-version.sh
index 7e729eacf7..82af492d30 100755
--- a/scripts/increment-cargo-version.sh
+++ b/scripts/increment-cargo-version.sh
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ for Cargo_toml in "${Cargo_tomls[@]}"; do
   # Set new crate version
   (
     set -x
-    sed -i "$Cargo_toml" -e "s/^version = \"[^\"]*\"$/version = \"$newVersion\"/"
+    sed -i "$Cargo_toml" -e "0,/^version =/{s/^version = \"[^\"]*\"$/version = \"$newVersion\"/}"
   )
 
   # Fix up the version references to other internal crates