diff --git a/eng/scripts/Language-Settings.ps1 b/eng/scripts/Language-Settings.ps1
index 5113c9e89..44952ff14 100644
--- a/eng/scripts/Language-Settings.ps1
+++ b/eng/scripts/Language-Settings.ps1
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ function Get-cpp-PackageInfoFromPackageFile($pkg, $workingDirectory)
   return New-Object PSObject -Property @{
     PackageId      = $pkgName
     PackageVersion = $pkgVersion
-    ReleaseTag     = "$($pkgName)_$($pkgVersion)"
+    ReleaseTag     = "${pkgName}_${pkgVersion}"
     # Artifact info is always considered deployable for now becasue it is not
     # deployed anywhere. Dealing with duplicate tags happens downstream in
     # CheckArtifactShaAgainstTagsList