diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/vm-kind-smoke.yml b/.gitea/workflows/vm-kind-smoke.yml
index c2b95c0..ecad2af 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/vm-kind-smoke.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/vm-kind-smoke.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
             --output /tmp/kind "https://kind.sigs.k8s.io/dl/${version}/kind-linux-amd64"
           curl --fail --location --silent --show-error \
             --output /tmp/kind.sha256sum "https://kind.sigs.k8s.io/dl/${version}/kind-linux-amd64.sha256sum"
-          printf '%s  %s\n' "$(cat /tmp/kind.sha256sum)" /tmp/kind | sha256sum --check
+          printf '%s  %s\n' "$(cut -d ' ' -f1 /tmp/kind.sha256sum)" /tmp/kind | sha256sum --check
           chmod 0755 /tmp/kind
 
       - name: Create and delete kind cluster