diff --git a/lib/utils.bash b/lib/utils.bash
index 65f7f480..dfabb252 100644
--- a/lib/utils.bash
+++ b/lib/utils.bash
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ get_asdf_config_value_from_file() {
   fi
 
   local result
-  result=$(grep -E "^\\s*$key\\s*=\\s*" "$config_path" | head | sed -e 's/^[^=]*= *//' -e 's/^[[:space:]]*//' -e 's/[[:space:]]*$//')
+  result=$(grep -E "^\s*$key\s*=\s*" "$config_path" | head | sed -e 's/^[^=]*= *//' -e 's/^[[:space:]]*//' -e 's/[[:space:]]*$//')
   if [ -n "$result" ]; then
     printf "%s\\n" "$result"
     return 0
diff --git a/scripts/update_version_in_docs.bash b/scripts/update_version_in_docs.bash
index 4a0d2f29..a40a8961 100755
--- a/scripts/update_version_in_docs.bash
+++ b/scripts/update_version_in_docs.bash
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@
 set -euo pipefail
 
 version=$(cat version.txt)
-sed -i "s/\\(git clone.*--branch \\).*\\(\`.*|\\)/\\1v$version\\2/" docs/guide/getting-started.md
+sed -i "s/\(git clone.*--branch \).*\(\`.*|\)/\1v$version\2/" docs/guide/getting-started.md
diff --git a/scripts/update_version_list_in_security_policy.bash b/scripts/update_version_list_in_security_policy.bash
index 3361bbb4..e12877ae 100755
--- a/scripts/update_version_list_in_security_policy.bash
+++ b/scripts/update_version_list_in_security_policy.bash
@@ -8,5 +8,5 @@ version_major_minor_x="$(cut -f1-2 -d "." version.txt).x"
 if ! grep -q "$version_major_minor_x" SECURITY.md; then
   # prepend new version to the list
   sed -i "s/white_check_mark:/x:               /g" SECURITY.md
-  sed -i "s/^\\(| -* | -* |\\)$/\\1\\n| $version_major_minor_x  | :white_check_mark: |/" SECURITY.md
+  sed -i "s/^\(| -* | -* |\)$/\1\n| $version_major_minor_x  | :white_check_mark: |/" SECURITY.md
 fi
diff --git a/test/fixtures/dummy_plugin/bin/latest-stable b/test/fixtures/dummy_plugin/bin/latest-stable
index 7210efa3..afe7d1ba 100755
--- a/test/fixtures/dummy_plugin/bin/latest-stable
+++ b/test/fixtures/dummy_plugin/bin/latest-stable
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ get_latest_stable() {
   query=$1
 
   version_list=(1.0.0 1.1.0 2.0.0)
-  printf "%s\n" "${version_list[@]}" | grep -E "^\\s*$query" | tail -1
+  printf "%s\n" "${version_list[@]}" | grep -E "^\s*$query" | tail -1
 }
 
 get_latest_stable "$1"