diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index c5b4ff3..0b0bfed 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 # Rust source
 *.rs text diff=rust
-*.toml text
+*.toml text eol=lf
 
 # Shell scripts must keep LF even on Windows
 *.sh text eol=lf
@@ -24,4 +24,4 @@ docs/*.docx binary
 docs/*.xlsx binary
 
 # Binary / generated -- do not diff
-Cargo.lock linguist-generated=true
\ No newline at end of file
+Cargo.lock linguist-generated=true
diff --git a/build-release.sh b/build-release.sh
index 0d229ed..e4bcaae 100644
--- a/build-release.sh
+++ b/build-release.sh
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 set -e
 
 # Read version from the single source of truth: Cargo.toml
-BASE_VERSION=$(grep '^version' Cargo.toml | head -1 | sed 's/version = "\(.*\)"/\1/')
+BASE_VERSION=$(grep '^version' Cargo.toml | head -1 | sed 's/version = "\(.*\)"/\1/' | tr -d '\r')
 if [ -z "$BASE_VERSION" ]; then
     echo "Error: Could not read version from Cargo.toml"
     exit 1