1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/scripts-dev/next_github_number.sh b/scripts-dev/next_github_number.sh
index 00e9b14569..5ecd515127 100755
--- a/scripts-dev/next_github_number.sh
+++ b/scripts-dev/next_github_number.sh
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@ set -e
 
 # Fetch the current GitHub issue number, add one to it -- presto! The likely
 # next PR number.
-CURRENT_NUMBER=`curl -s "https://api.github.com/repos/matrix-org/synapse/issues?state=all&per_page=1" | jq -r ".[0].number"`
+CURRENT_NUMBER=$(curl -s "https://api.github.com/repos/matrix-org/synapse/issues?state=all&per_page=1" | jq -r ".[0].number")
 CURRENT_NUMBER=$((CURRENT_NUMBER+1))
 echo $CURRENT_NUMBER