diff --git a/.buildkite/job-version-bump.json.py b/.buildkite/job-version-bump.json.py
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index a979d30be..bf275698e
--- a/.buildkite/job-version-bump.json.py
+++ b/.buildkite/job-version-bump.json.py
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ def main():
             "slack": {
                 "channels": ["#machine-learn-build"],
                 "message": (
-                    "🚦 Pipeline waiting for approval 🚦\n"
+                    "Pipeline waiting for approval\n"
                     "Repo: `${REPO}`\n\n"
                     "Ready to fetch DRA artifacts - please unblock when ready.\n"
                     "New version: `${NEW_VERSION}`\n"