diff --git a/src/bin/release.js b/src/bin/release.js
index 21f1ddbc2..42178caa9 100644
--- a/src/bin/release.js
+++ b/src/bin/release.js
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ if (!newVersion) {
 const changelogIncludesVersion = changelog.indexOf(newVersion) !== -1;
 
 if (!changelogIncludesVersion) {
-  throw new Error('No changelog record for ', newVersion, ' - please create changelog record');
+  throw new Error(`No changelog record for ${newVersion}, please create changelog record`);
 }
 
 console.log('Okay looks good, lets create the package.json and package-lock.json');