diff --git a/includes/class-github-api.php b/includes/class-github-api.php
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/includes/class-github-api.php
+++ b/includes/class-github-api.php
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ class GitHub_Updater_GitHub_API {
 		preg_match( '/^[ \t\/*#@]*Version\:\s*(.*)$/im', base64_decode( $remote->content ), $matches );
 
 		if ( ! empty( $matches[1] ) )
-			$this->type->remote_version = $matches[1];
+			$this->type->remote_version = trim( $matches[1] );
 
 	}
trim line endings from remote_version