diff --git a/concourse/tasks/build-vsix.sh b/concourse/tasks/build-vsix.sh
index d919b77f4..71d37b38c 100755
--- a/concourse/tasks/build-vsix.sh
+++ b/concourse/tasks/build-vsix.sh
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ if [ "$dist_type" != release ]; then
     # for snapshot build, work the timestamp into package.json version qualifier
     qualified_version=${base_version}-${timestamp}
     npm version ${qualified_version}
-    echo -e "\n*Version: ${qualified_version}*" >> README.md
+    echo -e "\n\n*Version: ${qualified_version}*" >> README.md
 else
-    echo -e "\n*Version: ${base_version}-RELEASE*" >> README.md
+    echo -e "\n\n*Version: ${base_version}-RELEASE*" >> README.md
 fi
 
 npm install
diff --git a/vscode-extensions/build-all.sh b/vscode-extensions/build-all.sh
index 482877ecb..e970e2c1b 100755
--- a/vscode-extensions/build-all.sh
+++ b/vscode-extensions/build-all.sh
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ for i in vscode-boot-properties vscode-manifest-yaml vscode-concourse; do
 
     base_version=`jq -r .version package.json`
     qualified_version=${base_version}-${timestamp}
-    echo -e "\n*Version: ${qualified_version}*" >> README.md
+    echo -e "\n\n*Version: ${qualified_version}*" >> README.md
     npm version ${qualified_version}
     npm install
     npm run vsce-package