diff --git a/dev-perl/Dist-Zilla-Plugin-VersionFromMainModule/Dist-Zilla-Plugin-VersionFromMainModule-0.40.0-r1.ebuild b/dev-perl/Dist-Zilla-Plugin-VersionFromMainModule/Dist-Zilla-Plugin-VersionFromMainModule-0.40.0-r1.ebuild
index d10d86944d0c2..566b5b4650d8f 100644
--- a/dev-perl/Dist-Zilla-Plugin-VersionFromMainModule/Dist-Zilla-Plugin-VersionFromMainModule-0.40.0-r1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-perl/Dist-Zilla-Plugin-VersionFromMainModule/Dist-Zilla-Plugin-VersionFromMainModule-0.40.0-r1.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 2020-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 2020-2026 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ DIST_AUTHOR=DROLSKY
 DIST_VERSION=0.04
 inherit perl-module
 
-DESCRIPTION="Set the distribution version from your main module's $VERSION"
+DESCRIPTION="Set the distribution version from your main module's \$VERSION"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"