diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 84e917f07c3b8d5a7e765210b21dd42688d62da1..d9679ca2787af7615504ea1a27bfcb49781b5606 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Fixed
 
+* Workaround in `make jar` for Debian bug https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1039607
+
 ### Security
 
 ## [0.12.2] - 2024-03-18
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 29b7d5a51cb110e35f999da0a7c6b366b5bd0d05..aebef7015406900cd566b9dc2298aafb2974805c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -23,7 +23,9 @@
 # ** end header
 #
 
-CAOSDB_SERVER_VERSION ?= $(shell mvn org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-help-plugin:3.1.0:evaluate -Dexpression=project.version -q -DforceStdout)
+# TODO Remove the "sed" part of the command after the fix of
+# https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1039607
+CAOSDB_SERVER_VERSION != mvn org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-help-plugin:3.5.0:evaluate -Dexpression=project.version -q -DforceStdout | sed -e 's/\x1B.*//g'
 CAOSDB_COMMAND_LINE_OPTIONS ?=
 SHELL:=/bin/bash
 JPDA_PORT ?= 9000
@@ -59,7 +61,7 @@ formatting:
 jar: print-version easy-units
 	mvn -e package -DskipTests
 	@pushd target ; \
-		ln -s caosdb-server-$(CAOSDB_SERVER_VERSION)-jar-with-dependencies.jar caosdb-server.jar; \
+		ln -s "caosdb-server-$(CAOSDB_SERVER_VERSION)-jar-with-dependencies.jar" caosdb-server.jar; \
 		popd
 
 antlr: