diff --git a/ci/scripts/tests/run_setup_xml.sh b/ci/scripts/tests/run_setup_xml.sh
index 4655807d4f..0701c0746e 100755
--- a/ci/scripts/tests/run_setup_xml.sh
+++ b/ci/scripts/tests/run_setup_xml.sh
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 
 output="testdata/output.txt"
 
-rm -f $output
+rm -f "${output}"
 export ACCOUNT=foo
 echo "ACCOUNT=$ACCOUNT" > $output
 
-../../../workflow/setup_xml.py $1
\ No newline at end of file
+../../../workflow/setup_xml.py "${1}"
\ No newline at end of file