diff --git a/build/deb_rpm/v2-jf/build-scripts/pack.sh b/build/deb_rpm/v2-jf/build-scripts/pack.sh
index fc3c08247..952d4cd9c 100755
--- a/build/deb_rpm/v2-jf/build-scripts/pack.sh
+++ b/build/deb_rpm/v2-jf/build-scripts/pack.sh
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ main(){
 	: "${DEB_TEST_IMAGE:="${DEB_BUILD_IMAGE}"}"
 	: "${RPM_TEST_IMAGE:="${RPM_BUILD_IMAGE}"}"
 	: "${JFROG_CLI_RELEASE_VERSION:="1"}"
-	: "${RPM_SIGN_PASSPHRASE:=$(cat $RPM_SIGN_PASSPHRASE_FILE)}"
+	: "${RPM_SIGN_PASSPHRASE:=$(cat "$RPM_SIGN_PASSPHRASE_FILE")}"
 	: "${RPM_SIGN_KEY_ID:="JFrog Inc."}"
 	: "${RPM_SIGN_KEY_NAME:="RPM-GPG-KEY-jfrog-cli"}"
 
diff --git a/build/deb_rpm/v2/build-scripts/pack.sh b/build/deb_rpm/v2/build-scripts/pack.sh
index 59990f6e7..5d20b924f 100755
--- a/build/deb_rpm/v2/build-scripts/pack.sh
+++ b/build/deb_rpm/v2/build-scripts/pack.sh
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ main(){
 	: "${DEB_TEST_IMAGE:="${DEB_BUILD_IMAGE}"}"
 	: "${RPM_TEST_IMAGE:="${RPM_BUILD_IMAGE}"}"
 	: "${JFROG_CLI_RELEASE_VERSION:="1"}"
-	: "${RPM_SIGN_PASSPHRASE:=$(cat $RPM_SIGN_PASSPHRASE_FILE)}"
+	: "${RPM_SIGN_PASSPHRASE:=$(cat "$RPM_SIGN_PASSPHRASE_FILE")}"
 	: "${RPM_SIGN_KEY_ID:="JFrog Inc."}"
 	: "${RPM_SIGN_KEY_NAME:="RPM-GPG-KEY-jfrog-cli"}"