diff --git a/tooling/release_download_test.sh b/tooling/release_download_test.sh
index 0308af6814..089ff9bb53 100755
--- a/tooling/release_download_test.sh
+++ b/tooling/release_download_test.sh
@@ -156,13 +156,13 @@ download_release_files() {
 
   # Parse the releases list for the one we want and download everything in it
   # shellcheck disable=SC2013
-  echo $(date +%T) : Starting downloads ...
+  echo "$(date +%T) : Starting downloads ..."
   grep "${filter}" "${jdk_releases}" | awk -F'"' '/browser_download_url/{print$4}' | while read url; do
     # shellcheck disable=SC2046
     print_verbose "IVT : Downloading $(basename "$url")"
     curl -LORsS -C - "$url"
   done
-  echo $(date +%T) : Finished downloads ...
+  echo "$(date +%T) : Finished downloads ..."
 }
 
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diff --git a/tooling/validateSBOMcontent.sh b/tooling/validateSBOMcontent.sh
index 87776e7ffb..a48b4fa6a5 100755
--- a/tooling/validateSBOMcontent.sh
+++ b/tooling/validateSBOMcontent.sh
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ GITREPO=$(echo "$GITSHA" | cut -d/ -f1-5)
 GITSHA=$(echo  "$GITSHA" | cut -d/ -f7)
 echo "Checking for temurin-build SHA $GITSHA in ${GITREPO}"
 
-if ! git ls-remote "${GITREPO}" | grep "2D${GITSHA}" ]; then
+if ! git ls-remote "${GITREPO}" | grep "${GITSHA}"; then
    echo "WARNING: temurin-build SHA check failed. This can happen if it was not a tagged level"
    if echo "$1" | grep '[0-9][0-9]-[0-9][0-9]-[0-9][0-9]-[0-9][0-9]' 2>/dev/null; then
      echo "Ignoring return code as filename looks like a nightly"