diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 2f973cda..ee7f9d01 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -217,6 +217,7 @@ namespace :site do
     task :new, :version do |t, args|
       raise "Specify a version: rake site:releases:new['1.2.3']" unless args.version
       today = Time.new.strftime('%Y-%m-%d')
+      release = args.version.to_s
       filename = "site/_posts/#{today}-jekyll-#{release.split('.').join('-')}-released.markdown"
 
       File.open(filename, "wb") do |post|