diff --git a/.github/workflows/code-freeze-new.yml b/.github/workflows/code-freeze-new.yml
index f36541ca9..7dd16104f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/code-freeze-new.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/code-freeze-new.yml
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ jobs:
         if: github.event_name == 'pull_request_target' || (github.event_name == 'issue_comment' && github.event.issue.pull_request)
         id: get-pr-target-branch
         run: |
-          TARGET_BRANCH="$(gh pr view $PR_NUMBER --repo $REPOSITORY --json baseRefName --jq '.baseRefName')"
+          echo "Getting target branch"
+          TARGET_BRANCH="$(gh pr view "$PR_NUMBER" --repo "$REPOSITORY" --json baseRefName --jq '.baseRefName')"
           echo "pr_target_branch=$TARGET_BRANCH" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
         env:
           REPOSITORY: ${{ github.repository }}
@@ -46,8 +47,8 @@ jobs:
         id: filter-branch
         # Following grep "regex" needs to exactly match the required target branches to "freeze"
         run: |
-          FILTERED_BRANCH="$(echo $PR_TARGET_BRANCH | grep -E '^v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$')"
-          echo "filtered_code_freeze_branch=$FILTERED_BRANCH" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          FILTERED_BRANCH="$(echo "$PR_TARGET_BRANCH" | grep -E '^v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$')"
+          echo "filtered_code_freeze_branch=$FILTERED_BRANCH" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
         env:
           PR_TARGET_BRANCH: $${{ steps.get-pr-target-branch.outputs.pr_target_branch }}