diff --git a/.github/workflows/reusable-build-test-release.yml b/.github/workflows/reusable-build-test-release.yml
index 8f09cbed5..b170e0a06 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/reusable-build-test-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/reusable-build-test-release.yml
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: combined_Splunkmatrix
         id: combined_Splunkmatrix
         run: |
-            echo "combinedSplunkversions=$(echo ${{steps.python39_splunk.outputs.splunk}} | jq --argjson A "${{ steps.matrix.outputs.supportedSplunk }}" '. + [$A]')"  >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+            echo "combinedSplunkversions=$(echo ${{steps.python39_splunk.outputs.splunk}} | jq --argjson A '${{ steps.matrix.outputs.supportedSplunk }}' '. + [$A]')"  >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
 
   fossa-scan:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest