diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index d2576b7..497ddb1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ jobs:
     if: ${{ fromJSON(needs.release-please.outputs.release_created || false) }}
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        path: ${{ fromJSON(needs.release-please.outputs.paths_released || "[]") }}
+        path: ${{ fromJSON(needs.release-please.outputs.paths_released || '[]') }}
     environment: release
     permissions:
       # IMPORTANT: this permission is mandatory for trusted publishing to pypi