diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 41d8a79..d033acf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ jobs:
         sed -i -e "s,signing.password=,signing.password=$GPG_PASSWORD,g" gradle.properties
         sed -i -e "s,signing.secretKeyRingFile=,signing.secretKeyRingFile=$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/release.gpg,g" gradle.properties
       env:
-        GPG_KEY_ARMOR: ${{ secrets.SYNCED_GPG_KEY_ARMOR }}
+        GPG_KEY_ARMOR: "${{ secrets.SYNCED_GPG_KEY_ARMOR }}"
         GPG_KEY_ID: ${{ secrets.SYNCED_GPG_KEY_ID }}
         GPG_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.SYNCED_GPG_KEY_PASSWORD }}
         SONATYPE_TOKEN_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.SYNCED_SONATYPE_TOKEN_PASSWORD }}