diff --git a/main.sh b/main.sh
index ce3ebb72..f00ba5f4 100755
--- a/main.sh
+++ b/main.sh
@@ -464,7 +464,8 @@ case "$(uname -s)" in
       host_env=musl
     else
       host_env=gnu
-      host_glibc_version=$(grep -E "GLIBC|GNU libc" <<<"${ldd_version}" | sed -E "s/.* //g")
+      host_glibc_version=$(grep -E "GLIBC|GNU libc" <<<"${ldd_version}")
+      host_glibc_version="${host_glibc_version##* }"
     fi
     if [[ -e /etc/redhat-release ]]; then
       # /etc/os-release is available on RHEL/CentOS 7+
diff --git a/tools/ci/tool-list.sh b/tools/ci/tool-list.sh
index 449ca083..941d5762 100755
--- a/tools/ci/tool-list.sh
+++ b/tools/ci/tool-list.sh
@@ -72,7 +72,8 @@ case "$(uname -s)" in
     if [[ "${ldd_version}" == *'musl'* ]]; then
       incompat_tools+=("${musl_incompat[@]}")
     else
-      host_glibc_version=$(grep -E "GLIBC|GNU libc" <<<"${ldd_version}" | sed "s/.* //g")
+      host_glibc_version=$(grep -E "GLIBC|GNU libc" <<<"${ldd_version}")
+      host_glibc_version="${host_glibc_version##* }"
       higher_glibc_version=$(LC_ALL=C sort -Vu <<<"2.39"$'\n'"${host_glibc_version}" | tail -1)
       if [[ "${higher_glibc_version}" != "${host_glibc_version}" ]]; then
         higher_glibc_version=$(LC_ALL=C sort -Vu <<<"2.35"$'\n'"${host_glibc_version}" | tail -1)