diff --git a/tasks/create-pyxis-image/create-pyxis-image.yaml b/tasks/create-pyxis-image/create-pyxis-image.yaml
index 372e295a4..b74b0c36d 100644
--- a/tasks/create-pyxis-image/create-pyxis-image.yaml
+++ b/tasks/create-pyxis-image/create-pyxis-image.yaml
@@ -199,9 +199,9 @@ spec:
                         EXPANDED_SIZE=$(wc --bytes "${BLOB_FILE}" | awk '{print $1}' | tr -d '\n')
 
                         # Append this information to the parsed_data manifest
-                        cat <<< $(jq \
+                        cat <<< "$(jq \
                           '.uncompressed_layers += [{"digest": "'"$EXPANDED_DIGEST"'", "size": '"$EXPANDED_SIZE"'}]' \
-                          "${MANIFEST_FILE}") > "${MANIFEST_FILE}"
+                          "${MANIFEST_FILE}")" > "${MANIFEST_FILE}"
 
                         # Clean up, in case we're dealing with large images
                         rm "/tmp/oras-blob-fetch-${BLOB_DIGEST}"