diff --git a/collector/sysinfo/sysinfo.go b/collector/sysinfo/sysinfo.go
index c84939b..5c93ecf 100644
--- a/collector/sysinfo/sysinfo.go
+++ b/collector/sysinfo/sysinfo.go
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ func (c *SysinfoCollector) updateDistro() error {
 		c.distroVersion = releaseData["BUILD_ID"]
 	case "debian":
 		c.distro = "Debian GNU/Linux"
-		c.distroVersion = releaseData["VERSION"]
+		c.distroVersion = strings.ReplaceAll(releaseData["VERSION"], `"`, "")
 	default:
 		c.distro = releaseData["NAME"]
 	}