diff --git a/.github/workflows/cleanup-on-create.yaml b/.github/workflows/cleanup-on-create.yaml
index d2e0494e69..1e8f9e52ab 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cleanup-on-create.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cleanup-on-create.yaml
@@ -30,12 +30,12 @@ jobs:
       - name: Initialize README
         # replace {repo} and {owner} with the actual values
         run: |
-          sed -i.bak 's/{repo}/$(basename ${{ github.repository }})/g' README.md
-          sed -i.bak 's/{owner}/$(dirname ${{ github.repository }})/g' README.md
+          sed -i.bak "s/{repo}/$(basename ${{ github.repository }})/g" README.md
+          sed -i.bak "s/{owner}/$(dirname ${{ github.repository }})/g" README.md
       - name: Initialize Pull Request Template
         run: |
-          sed -i.bak 's/{repo}/$(basename ${{ github.repository }})/g' .github/pull_request_template.md
-          sed -i.bak 's/{owner}/$(dirname ${{ github.repository }})/g' .github/pull_request_template.md
+          sed -i.bak "s/{repo}/$(basename ${{ github.repository }})/g" .github/pull_request_template.md
+          sed -i.bak "s/{owner}/$(dirname ${{ github.repository }})/g" .github/pull_request_template.md
 
 
         # commit back to the repository