diff --git a/.github/workflows/make_wheels.yaml b/.github/workflows/make_wheels.yaml
index 9d1bb43..a0155a3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/make_wheels.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/make_wheels.yaml
@@ -48,9 +48,9 @@ jobs:
           echo ARROW_WHEEL=${ARROW_WHEEL}>>$GITHUB_ENV
           echo ARROW_VERSION=${ARROW_VERSION}>>$GITHUB_ENV
           echo ARROW_SHA256=${ARROW_SHA256}>>$GITHUB_ENV
-          # use £ as separator for sed call below, because most of the normal ones are
+          # use ^ as separator for sed call below, because most of the normal ones are
           # either special characters in bash or URL characters
-          sed "s£#RELEASE_URL#£${ARROW_RELEASE_URL}£g;s£#RELEASE_SHA256#£${ARROW_SHA256}£g;s£#RELEASE_VERSION#£${ARROW_VERSION}£g;"\
+          sed "s^#RELEASE_URL#^${ARROW_RELEASE_URL}^g;s^#RELEASE_SHA256#^${ARROW_SHA256}^g;s^#RELEASE_VERSION#^${ARROW_VERSION}^g;"\
            < pyarrow/_meta_built_template.yaml > pyarrow/dist/${ARROW_WHEEL}.yaml
       - name: Upload the build artifacts for build debugging purposes
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4