diff --git a/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/scripts/kata-deploy.sh b/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/scripts/kata-deploy.sh
index af56a8a2a4..8253c00ae0 100755
--- a/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/scripts/kata-deploy.sh
+++ b/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/scripts/kata-deploy.sh
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ function configure_containerd_runtime() {
 			fi
 
 			value="${m#*$snapshotters_delimiter}"
-			tomlq -i -t $(printf '%s.snapshotter=%s' ${runtime_table} ${value}) ${containerd_conf_file}
+			tomlq -i -t $(printf '%s.snapshotter="%s"' ${runtime_table} ${value}) ${containerd_conf_file}
 			break
 		done
 	fi