diff --git a/utils/get_deps.sh b/utils/get_deps.sh
index c9ab93bd8e3dc947ddd5770141c83a7dc99fc6c6..0a26177f9d9a4d746b39799eff421477c4d6ebd8 100755
--- a/utils/get_deps.sh
+++ b/utils/get_deps.sh
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ if [ "../conf/_install/dependency.xml" ]; then
 
 	declare -A aDeps
 	vitisVersion=master
+	depsCount=0
 	dependencies=($(cat "../conf/_install/dependency.xml" | tr -d '\040\011\012\015' | grep -oP '<dependency>([\s\S]*?)<\/dependency>'))
 
 	for i in ${!dependencies[*]}; do
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ if [ "../conf/_install/dependency.xml" ]; then
 			aDeps[$i, name]=$sName
 			aDeps[$i, version]=$sVersion
 			aDeps[$i, nature]=$sNature
+			let depsCount++
 		fi
 
 	done
@@ -34,8 +36,7 @@ if [ "../conf/_install/dependency.xml" ]; then
 	for i in ${!dependencies[*]}; do
 		echo "(${aDeps[$i, nature]}) ${aDeps[$i, name]} : ${aDeps[$i, version]}"
 	done
-
-	depsCount=${#dependencies[@]}
+	echo "depsCount : ${depsCount}"
 
 	export vitisVersion
 	export depsCount