diff --git a/.github/workflows/payload-after-push.yaml b/.github/workflows/payload-after-push.yaml
index 19b3bd9d6..9c63bf9a0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/payload-after-push.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/payload-after-push.yaml
@@ -103,5 +103,5 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           ./tools/packaging/release/release.sh publish-multiarch-manifest
         env:
-          KATA_DEPLOY_IMAGE_TAGS="kata-containers-latest"
-          KATA_DEPLOY_REGISTRIES="quay.io/kata-containers/kata-deploy-ci"
+          KATA_DEPLOY_IMAGE_TAGS: "kata-containers-latest"
+          KATA_DEPLOY_REGISTRIES: "quay.io/kata-containers/kata-deploy-ci"