diff --git a/roles/copy-release-tools-scripts/files/release-tools/add_master_python3_jobs.sh b/roles/copy-release-tools-scripts/files/release-tools/add_master_python3_jobs.sh
index aa5ab3b9a6..8adc942df0 100755
--- a/roles/copy-release-tools-scripts/files/release-tools/add_master_python3_jobs.sh
+++ b/roles/copy-release-tools-scripts/files/release-tools/add_master_python3_jobs.sh
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ git checkout master
 fnames=$(find . -type f -path '*zuul.d/*'; find . -type f -name '*zuul.yaml')
 for fname in $fnames; do
     echo "Checking ${fname}"
-    sed -i \
+    sed -i -e \
         "s/openstack-python3-${OLDSERIES}-jobs/openstack-python3-${SERIES}-jobs/g" \
         $fname
 done