diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 012667de5cd6d2ce0d87fdd9488e47b22228c168..c6a6e0bc786f69b38f51fd7454bc16e8d7218cb2 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ build:tests:
   stage: build
   script:
     - mkdir -p .build-config
-    - echo CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME-$CI_COMMIT_SHA > ./build-config/git-commit-ref  
+    - echo "CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME-$CI_COMMIT_SHA" > ./build-config/git-commit-ref  
     - python setup.py sdist --dist-dir=build
     - echo $TEST_PACKAGE_NAME