diff --git a/.github/workflows/code-freeze-new.yml b/.github/workflows/code-freeze-new.yml
index fdf076f0e..ca4fa65c1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/code-freeze-new.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/code-freeze-new.yml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Get pull request target branch
         id: get-pr-target-branch
         if: github.event_name == 'pull_request_target' || (github.event_name == 'issue_comment' && github.event.issue.pull_request)
-        run: echo "pr_target_branch=$(gh pr view $PR_NUMBER --repo $REPOSITORY --json baseRefName --jq '.baseRefName')" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+        run: echo "pr_target_branch=$("gh pr view $PR_NUMBER --repo $REPOSITORY --json baseRefName --jq '.baseRefName'")" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
         env:
           REPOSITORY: ${{ github.repository }}
           PR_NUMBER: ${{ github.event.issue.number }}
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ jobs:
         id: filter-branch
         if: github.event_name == 'pull_request_target' || (github.event_name == 'issue_comment' && github.event.issue.pull_request)
         # Following grep "regex" needs to exactly match the required target branches to "freeze"
-        run: echo "filtered_code_freeze_branch=$(echo $PR_TARGET_BRANCH | grep -E '^v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$')" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+        run: echo "filtered_code_freeze_branch=$("echo $PR_TARGET_BRANCH | grep -E '^v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$'")" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
         env:
           PR_TARGET_BRANCH: $${{ steps.get-pr-target-branch.outputs.pr_target_branch }}