diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 086edcdf2fc09..ba693f18ced65 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -184,8 +184,8 @@ jobs:
           cd -
 
           echo "[target.x86_64-apple-darwin]" >> .cargo/config
-          echo linker = "x86_64-apple-darwin14-clang" >> .cargo/config
-          echo ar = "x86_64-apple-darwin14-ar" >> .cargo/config
+          echo linker = \"x86_64-apple-darwin14-clang\" >> .cargo/config
+          echo ar = \"x86_64-apple-darwin14-ar\" >> .cargo/config
 
           rustup target add aarch64-apple-darwin
           PATH="$(pwd)/osxcross/target/bin:$PATH" cargo build --target aarch64-apple-darwin --release