diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index dcf0eb801b..2421a6ddf7 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -636,7 +636,7 @@ lint/ts: site/node_modules/.installed
 lint/go:
 	./scripts/check_enterprise_imports.sh
 	./scripts/check_codersdk_imports.sh
-	linter_ver=$(shell egrep -o 'GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION=\S+' dogfood/coder/Dockerfile | cut -d '=' -f 2)
+	linter_ver=$$(grep -oE 'GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION=\S+' dogfood/coder/Dockerfile | cut -d '=' -f 2)
 	go run github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/cmd/golangci-lint@v$$linter_ver run
 	go tool github.com/coder/paralleltestctx/cmd/paralleltestctx -custom-funcs="testutil.Context" ./...
 .PHONY: lint/go