diff --git a/hack/make-release-artifacts.sh b/hack/make-release-artifacts.sh
index a24aee7..3a572dc 100755
--- a/hack/make-release-artifacts.sh
+++ b/hack/make-release-artifacts.sh
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ do
     svcname="$(basename $dir)"
     image="$REPO_PREFIX/$svcname:$TAG"
 
-    pattern=".*image:.*$svcname.*"
+    pattern="^[[:blank:]]*image:.*$svcname.*"
     replace="        image: $image"
     sed -i '' "s|$pattern|$replace|g" $manifestfile 
 done
diff --git a/hack/restore-release-artifacts.sh b/hack/restore-release-artifacts.sh
index e8f2338..786cce7 100755
--- a/hack/restore-release-artifacts.sh
+++ b/hack/restore-release-artifacts.sh
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ manifestfile="./release/kubernetes-manifests/demo.yaml"
 for dir in ./src/*/    
 do
     svcname=$(basename $dir)
-    pattern=".*image:.*$svcname.*"
+    pattern="^[[:blank:]]*image:.*$svcname.*"
     replace="        image: $svcname"
     sed -i '' "s|$pattern|$replace|g" $manifestfile 
 done