diff --git a/neko/update/utils b/neko/update/utils
index 6f4b2b367..35a45d82b 100644
--- a/neko/update/utils
+++ b/neko/update/utils
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ run() {
 }
 
 br() {
-  printf "\\n"
+  printf '\n'
 }
 
 version() {