diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index d53d9e6f68..c04de60fbb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ jobs:
           GE_CACHE_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.GE_CACHE_PASSWORD }}
         uses: gradle/gradle-build-action@v2
         with:
-          arguments: :smoke-tests:test -PsmokeTestSuite=${{ matrix.smoke-test-suite }}
+          arguments: ":smoke-tests:test -PsmokeTestSuite=${{ matrix.smoke-test-suite }}"
 
   setup-muzzle-matrix:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/.github/workflows/nightly-no-cache.yml b/.github/workflows/nightly-no-cache.yml
index 4494816cf1..59a7a2f102 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nightly-no-cache.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nightly-no-cache.yml
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ jobs:
           GRADLE_ENTERPRISE_ACCESS_KEY: ${{ secrets.GRADLE_ENTERPRISE_ACCESS_KEY }}
         uses: gradle/gradle-build-action@v2
         with:
-          arguments: :smoke-tests:test -PsmokeTestSuite=${{ matrix.smoke-test-suite }} --no-build-cache
+          arguments: ":smoke-tests:test -PsmokeTestSuite=${{ matrix.smoke-test-suite }} --no-build-cache"
 
   # muzzle is intentionally not included in the nightly-no-cache build because
   # it doesn't use gradle cache anyways and so is already covered by the normal nightly build
diff --git a/.github/workflows/nightly.yml b/.github/workflows/nightly.yml
index 9c30ab9b03..5cad7ca745 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nightly.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nightly.yml
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ jobs:
           GE_CACHE_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.GE_CACHE_PASSWORD }}
         uses: gradle/gradle-build-action@v2
         with:
-          arguments: :smoke-tests:test -PsmokeTestSuite=${{ matrix.smoke-test-suite }}
+          arguments: ":smoke-tests:test -PsmokeTestSuite=${{ matrix.smoke-test-suite }}"
 
   setup-muzzle-matrix:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/.github/workflows/patch-release-build.yml b/.github/workflows/patch-release-build.yml
index 1c244e3e87..a99cdb7a60 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/patch-release-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/patch-release-build.yml
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Test
         uses: gradle/gradle-build-action@v2
         with:
-          arguments: :smoke-tests:test -PsmokeTestSuite=${{ matrix.smoke-test-suite }}
+          arguments: ":smoke-tests:test -PsmokeTestSuite=${{ matrix.smoke-test-suite }}"
 
   # muzzle is intentionally not included in the release workflows
   # because any time a new library version is released to maven central it can fail,
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr.yml b/.github/workflows/pr.yml
index d10aebbc70..88d46912a5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr.yml
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: gradle/gradle-build-action@v2
         with:
           cache-read-only: true
-          arguments: :smoke-tests:test -PsmokeTestSuite=${{ matrix.smoke-test-suite }}
+          arguments: ":smoke-tests:test -PsmokeTestSuite=${{ matrix.smoke-test-suite }}"
 
   setup-muzzle-matrix:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-build.yml b/.github/workflows/release-build.yml
index 3784d112cc..dc0d7644a2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-build.yml
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Test
         uses: gradle/gradle-build-action@v2
         with:
-          arguments: :smoke-tests:test -PsmokeTestSuite=${{ matrix.smoke-test-suite }}
+          arguments: ":smoke-tests:test -PsmokeTestSuite=${{ matrix.smoke-test-suite }}"
 
   # muzzle is intentionally not included in the release workflows
   # because any time a new library version is released to maven central it can fail,