diff --git a/.github/workflows/test_action.yml b/.github/workflows/test_action.yml
index 6ef5c15c25b..cdc8669a658 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test_action.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test_action.yml
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ jobs:
           cd ..
           # Now push to it with subrepo with all non-noise commit messages
           MESSAGE=$(git log --pretty=format:"%s" $BASE_AZTEC_COMMIT..HEAD -- noir/  ':!noir/.gitrepo' | grep -v 'git subrepo || true')
-          git commit --allow-empty -m"feat: Sync commits from `aztec-packages" -mBEGIN_COMMIT_OVERRIDE -m"$MESSAGE" -mEND_COMMIT_OVERRIDE
+          git commit --allow-empty -m"feat: Sync commits from aztec-packages" -mBEGIN_COMMIT_OVERRIDE -m"$MESSAGE" -mEND_COMMIT_OVERRIDE
           COMMIT=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
           if ./scripts/git_subrepo.sh push $SUBREPO_PATH --squash --branch=$BRANCH; then
             git reset $COMMIT