diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 2542d29..1afde87 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: install the chart
         run: |
           helm install mirrord-operator \
-            --set license.file.data."license\\.pem"="${cat license.pem}" \
+            --set license.file.data."license\\.pem"="$(cat license.pem)" \
             --set operator.disableTelemetries=true \
             --set operator.podAnnotations."annotation\.metalbear\.co/name"="operator" \
             --set operator.podAnnotations."annotation\.metalbear\.co/version"="latest" \