diff --git a/bin/_set_version b/bin/_set_version
index 6c3017de..5b091fd3 100755
--- a/bin/_set_version
+++ b/bin/_set_version
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ function process_pom () {
   T_FILE=$(mktemp "/tmp/$(basename "${POM}").XXXXXXX")
   FOUND_VERSION=0
   IFS=''
-  cat pom.xml | while read -r line ; do
+  cat "${POM}" | while read -r line ; do
     if [[ ${FOUND_VERSION} -eq 1 ]] ; then
       echo "${line}" | tr -d '[:digit:].' | sed -e "s/></>${V_NUMBER}</" >> "${T_FILE}"
       FOUND_VERSION=0