diff --git a/tools/ci/gitlab/gitlab/publish_release.yml b/tools/ci/gitlab/gitlab/publish_release.yml
index dc5816f..746c5b0 100644
--- a/tools/ci/gitlab/gitlab/publish_release.yml
+++ b/tools/ci/gitlab/gitlab/publish_release.yml
@@ -37,5 +37,5 @@ publish-gitlab-release:
     - $assets_linux = $assets_linux.replace('"','\"')
 
     # using release feature from the yaml doesn't work with powershell. Need to run the CLI directly
-    - glab auth login --hostname $CI_SERVER_HOST --token $env:GITLAB_RELEASE_TOKEN
+    - glab auth login --hostname "$env:CI_SERVER_HOST" --token "$env:GITLAB_RELEASE_TOKEN"
     - glab release create "$env:CI_COMMIT_TAG" --name "$env:CI_COMMIT_TAG" -F _current_changelog.md --ref "$env:CI_COMMIT_SHA" --assets-links="[$assets_win, $assets_linux]"