diff --git a/scripts/spec-gen.sh b/scripts/spec-gen.sh
index ea041d93..e9f5eca7 100755
--- a/scripts/spec-gen.sh
+++ b/scripts/spec-gen.sh
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ gen_spec(){
   version="$(get_spec version)"
   license_csv="$(get_spec license_csv)"
   ## Ideally we would query the license, but it is a heavy call.
-  license="$(echo "${license_csv}" | sed "s/,/ AND /g")"
+  license="$(echo "${license_csv}" | sed "s/\,/ AND /g")"
   vendor="$(get_spec vendor)"
   packager="$(get_spec packager)"
   url="$(get_spec url)"
diff --git a/scripts/spec-get.sh b/scripts/spec-get.sh
index 337e8d0e..c44243e9 100755
--- a/scripts/spec-get.sh
+++ b/scripts/spec-get.sh
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ if test "${key}" = "license" || test "${key}" = "license_csv"; then
   license_csv="$(reuse --root "${project_dir}" lint |
     awk -F ':' '/^\* Used licenses:/{print $2}' | tr " " "\n" | sort -d |
     tr -s "\n" " " | tr -d " ")"
-  license="$(echo "${license_csv}" | sed "s/,/ AND /g")"
+  license="$(echo "${license_csv}" | sed "s/\,/ AND /g")"
 fi
 
 ## The macro %autochangelog prints logs of all projects and we separate a