diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 1335ec681..d008de3c1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ jobs:
 
           rm ./AppDir/usr/share/metainfo/gittyup.appdata.xml
           VERSION=$(cat ./Version.txt)
-          VERSION=$VERSION ./appimagetool-*.AppImage ./AppDir # turn AppDir into AppImage
+          VERSION="$VERSION" ./appimagetool-*.AppImage ./AppDir # turn AppDir into AppImage
           ls -lh Gittyup-*
 
       - name: Publish Appimage