diff --git a/.github/actions/unittests/action.yml b/.github/actions/unittests/action.yml
index 4dc92af6..37e7178b 100644
--- a/.github/actions/unittests/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/unittests/action.yml
@@ -29,10 +29,10 @@ runs:
         cd development
         docker compose up --detach -- db redis
 
-        DB_IMAGE="$(docker compose convert --format json | jq -r .services.db.image)"
-        CACHE-KEY=$(docker compose run --rm --entrypoint='' -- nautobot invoke calc-dbdump-cache-key --salt='$DB_IMAGE')
+        export DB_IMAGE="$(docker compose convert --format json | jq -r .services.db.image)"
+        CACHE_KEY="$(docker compose run --rm --entrypoint='' -- nautobot invoke calc-dbdump-cache-key --salt="$DB_IMAGE")"
 
-        echo "cache-key=$CACHE-KEY" | tee -a "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+        echo "cache-key=$CACHE_KEY" | tee -a "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
     - name: "Restore Cache Database Dump"
       uses: actions/cache@v3
       with: