diff --git a/templates/release-mr.yml b/templates/release-mr.yml
index 25062eb47e26e05142142efaba9e3abed1fde9bc..8cf017d2d6a8e74732b8b4d220e7b99efb74adb0 100644
--- a/templates/release-mr.yml
+++ b/templates/release-mr.yml
@@ -27,4 +27,4 @@ release_mr:
       gitlab project-merge-request update \
         --project-id ${CI_PROJECT_ID} \
         --mr-iid ${CI_MERGE_REQUEST_IID} \
-        --description ${DESCRIPTION}
+        --description "${DESCRIPTION}"