diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
index e5704ec01..42445d79d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ jobs:
         tools: ${{ matrix.tools }}
     # confirm steps.init.outputs.codeql-path points to the codeql binary
     - name: Print CodeQL Version
-      run: ${{steps.init.outputs.codeql-path}} version --format=json
+      run: '${{steps.init.outputs.codeql-path}}' version --format=json
     - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
       uses: ./analyze
       with: