diff --git a/pipeline-runner/internal/jobs/build/acr_test.go b/pipeline-runner/internal/jobs/build/acr_test.go
index 1cfa367c4..e069ce97f 100644
--- a/pipeline-runner/internal/jobs/build/acr_test.go
+++ b/pipeline-runner/internal/jobs/build/acr_test.go
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ func assertACRJobSpec(t *testing.T, pushImage bool) {
 	assert.ElementsMatch(t, []string{"internal-nslookup", "clone", "internal-chmod"}, slice.Map(job.Spec.Template.Spec.InitContainers, func(c corev1.Container) string { return c.Name }))
 	cloneContainer, _ := slice.FindFirst(job.Spec.Template.Spec.InitContainers, func(c corev1.Container) bool { return c.Name == "clone" })
 	assert.Equal(t, args.GitCloneGitImage, cloneContainer.Image)
-	assert.Equal(t, []string{"sh", "-c", "git config --global --add safe.directory /workspace && git clone --recurse-submodules anycloneurl -b anybranch --verbose --progress /workspace && cd /workspace && if [ -n $(git lfs ls-files 2>/dev/null) ]; then git lfs install && echo 'Pulling large files...' && git lfs pull && echo 'Done'; fi"}, cloneContainer.Command)
+	assert.Equal(t, []string{"sh", "-c", "git config --global --add safe.directory /workspace && git clone --recurse-submodules anycloneurl -b anybranch --verbose --progress /workspace && cd /workspace && if [ -n \"$(git lfs ls-files 2>/dev/null)\" ]; then git lfs install && echo 'Pulling large files...' && git lfs pull && echo 'Done'; fi"}, cloneContainer.Command)
 	assert.Empty(t, cloneContainer.Args)
 	expectedCloneVolumeMounts := []corev1.VolumeMount{
 		{Name: git.BuildContextVolumeName, MountPath: git.Workspace},
diff --git a/pipeline-runner/internal/jobs/build/buildkit_test.go b/pipeline-runner/internal/jobs/build/buildkit_test.go
index bf9974c2f..0300a0023 100644
--- a/pipeline-runner/internal/jobs/build/buildkit_test.go
+++ b/pipeline-runner/internal/jobs/build/buildkit_test.go
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ func assertBuildKitJobSpec(t *testing.T, useCache, pushImage bool, buildSecrets
 			assert.ElementsMatch(t, []string{"internal-nslookup", "clone", "internal-chmod"}, slice.Map(job.Spec.Template.Spec.InitContainers, func(c corev1.Container) string { return c.Name }))
 			cloneContainer, _ := slice.FindFirst(job.Spec.Template.Spec.InitContainers, func(c corev1.Container) bool { return c.Name == "clone" })
 			assert.Equal(t, args.GitCloneGitImage, cloneContainer.Image)
-			assert.Equal(t, []string{"sh", "-c", "git config --global --add safe.directory /workspace && git clone --recurse-submodules anycloneurl -b anybranch --verbose --progress /workspace && cd /workspace && if [ -n $(git lfs ls-files 2>/dev/null) ]; then git lfs install && echo 'Pulling large files...' && git lfs pull && echo 'Done'; fi"},
+			assert.Equal(t, []string{"sh", "-c", "git config --global --add safe.directory /workspace && git clone --recurse-submodules anycloneurl -b anybranch --verbose --progress /workspace && cd /workspace && if [ -n \"$(git lfs ls-files 2>/dev/null)\" ]; then git lfs install && echo 'Pulling large files...' && git lfs pull && echo 'Done'; fi"},
 				cloneContainer.Command)
 			assert.Empty(t, cloneContainer.Args)
 			expectedCloneVolumeMounts := []corev1.VolumeMount{