diff --git a/.gitlab/prepare-oci-package.sh b/.gitlab/prepare-oci-package.sh
index c616c3e1f97..7c5a8fc3eb6 100755
--- a/.gitlab/prepare-oci-package.sh
+++ b/.gitlab/prepare-oci-package.sh
@@ -8,9 +8,11 @@ cp ../lib-injection/host_inject.rb sources
 # Kubernetes injection expects a different path
 cp sources/host_inject.rb sources/auto_inject.rb
 
-sed -i "s#PATH_PLACEHOLDER#/opt/datadog-packages/datadog-apm-library-ruby/${RUBY_PACKAGE_VERSION}#g" sources/host_inject.rb
-sed -i "s#PATH_PLACEHOLDER#/datadog-lib#g" sources/auto_inject.rb
-
 cp -r ../tmp/${ARCH}/* sources
 
 cp ../tmp/version.txt sources/version
+
+RUBY_PACKAGE_VERSION=$(<sources/version)
+
+sed -i "s#PATH_PLACEHOLDER#/opt/datadog-packages/datadog-apm-library-ruby/${RUBY_PACKAGE_VERSION}#g" sources/host_inject.rb
+sed -i "s#PATH_PLACEHOLDER#/datadog-lib#g" sources/auto_inject.rb