diff --git a/neko/update/utils b/neko/update/utils
index 3cad3dcf9..6f4b2b367 100644
--- a/neko/update/utils
+++ b/neko/update/utils
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ say() {
 
 run() {
   color 3  # yellow
-  printf "[running] \$ %s\n" "$1"
+  printf '[running] $ %s\n' "$1"
   color
   /bin/sh -c "$1"
 }