diff --git a/tests/functional/kata-agent-apis/gha-run.sh b/tests/functional/kata-agent-apis/gha-run.sh
index b23eaa59d9..0a2f6777bf 100755
--- a/tests/functional/kata-agent-apis/gha-run.sh
+++ b/tests/functional/kata-agent-apis/gha-run.sh
@@ -9,8 +9,11 @@ set -o nounset
 set -o pipefail
 
 kata_tarball_dir="${2:-kata-artifacts}"
+export kata_tarball_dir
 kata_agent_apis_dir="$(dirname "$(readlink -f "$0")")"
+# shellcheck source=/dev/null
 source "${kata_agent_apis_dir}/../../common.bash"
+# shellcheck source=/dev/null
 source "${kata_agent_apis_dir}/../../gha-run-k8s-common.sh"
 
 function install_dependencies() {
@@ -30,7 +33,7 @@ function install_dependencies() {
 }
 
 function run() {
-	bash -c ${kata_agent_apis_dir}/run-agent-api-tests.sh
+	bash -c "${kata_agent_apis_dir}/run-agent-api-tests.sh"
 }
 
 function main() {