diff --git a/scripts/prepareAndroid.sh b/scripts/prepareAndroid.sh
index 8fb3aa195e..f8c03f2a29 100755
--- a/scripts/prepareAndroid.sh
+++ b/scripts/prepareAndroid.sh
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ npm run clean
 
 # Monkey patch version numbers to make everything work
 cd android
-sed "s/\.\.\/node_modules//" -i capacitor.settings.gradle
+sed "s/\.\.\/node_modules\///" -i capacitor.settings.gradle
 cd capacitor
 sed "s/'com.android.tools.build:gradle:8.2.1'/'com.android.tools.build:gradle:8.10'/" -i build.gradle