diff --git a/dist/index.js b/dist/index.js
index cbe34622..cbabb0c0 100644
--- a/dist/index.js
+++ b/dist/index.js
@@ -1289,7 +1289,7 @@ async function resolveVersion() {
     }
     const versionFile = (await getInput('php-version-file', false)) || '.php-version';
     if (fs_1.default.existsSync(versionFile)) {
-        return fs_1.default.readFileSync(versionFile, 'utf8');
+        return fs_1.default.readFileSync(versionFile, 'utf8').replace(/[\r\n]/g, '');
     }
     else if (versionFile !== '.php-version') {
         throw new Error(`Could not find '${versionFile}' file.`);
diff --git a/src/utils.ts b/src/utils.ts
index 0bcaf447..ef5d4cf3 100644
--- a/src/utils.ts
+++ b/src/utils.ts
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ export async function resolveVersion(): Promise<string> {
   const versionFile =
     (await getInput('php-version-file', false)) || '.php-version';
   if (fs.existsSync(versionFile)) {
-    return fs.readFileSync(versionFile, 'utf8');
+    return fs.readFileSync(versionFile, 'utf8').replace(/[\r\n]/g, '');
   } else if (versionFile !== '.php-version') {
     throw new Error(`Could not find '${versionFile}' file.`);
   }