diff --git a/libexec/rbenv-version-file-read b/libexec/rbenv-version-file-read
index cde0ca7..9385ab1 100755
--- a/libexec/rbenv-version-file-read
+++ b/libexec/rbenv-version-file-read
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ if [ -e "$VERSION_FILE" ]; then
   # Read the first non-whitespace word from the specified version file.
   # Be careful not to load it whole in case there's something crazy in it.
   words=( $(cut -b 1-1024 "$VERSION_FILE") )
-  version="${words[0]}"
+  version="${words[0]//[$'\r']}"
 
   if [ -n "$version" ]; then
     echo "$version"