diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-nightly.yml b/.github/workflows/release-nightly.yml
index ae83790ecc..8df4255c74 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-nightly.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-nightly.yml
@@ -121,6 +121,6 @@ jobs:
           DETAILS_URL: '${{ github.server_url }}/${{ github.repository }}/actions/runs/${{ github.run_id }}'
         run: |
           gh issue create \
-            --title 'Nightly Release Failed for ${RELEASE_TAG} on $(date +'%Y-%m-%d')' \
-            --body 'The nightly-release workflow failed. See the full run for details: ${DETAILS_URL}' \
+            --title "Nightly Release Failed for ${RELEASE_TAG} on $(date +'%Y-%m-%d')" \
+            --body "The nightly-release workflow failed. See the full run for details: ${DETAILS_URL}" \
             --label 'kind/bug,release-failure,priority/p0'