diff --git a/.woodpecker.yml b/.woodpecker.yml
index 824681a..62ad628 100644
--- a/.woodpecker.yml
+++ b/.woodpecker.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ steps:
       - apk add --no-cache zip
       - make build
       - make export
-      - VERSION=$(sed -n 's/^-- version: //p' ${GAME_NAME}.${GAME_LANG} | head -n 1)
+      - "VERSION=$(sed -n 's/^-- version: //p' ${GAME_NAME}.${GAME_LANG} | head -n 1)"
       - echo "VERSION (build step): $VERSION"
       - zip -r ${GAME_NAME}.html.zip "$VERSION"
       - ls -al