diff --git a/.circleci/env-helpers.inc.sh b/.circleci/env-helpers.inc.sh
index 3a745321ef..ff21eb9ea0 100644
--- a/.circleci/env-helpers.inc.sh
+++ b/.circleci/env-helpers.inc.sh
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 #
 # Usage: `setPublicVar <name> <value>`
 function setPublicVar() {
-  setSecretVar $1 $2;
+  setSecretVar $1 "$2";
   echo "$1=$2";
 }