diff --git a/.github/workflows/bandit.yml b/.github/workflows/bandit.yml
index e898e8f378e..2bdf459a568 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/bandit.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/bandit.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Run checks
         run: |
-          CHANGED_FILES=${{steps.files.outputs.all_changed_files}}
+          CHANGED_FILES="${{steps.files.outputs.all_changed_files}}"
 
           if [[ ! -z $CHANGED_FILES ]]; then
             sudo apt-get --no-install-recommends install -y build-essential curl python3-dev python3-pip python3-venv
diff --git a/.github/workflows/black.yml b/.github/workflows/black.yml
index ae7e3d4f878..43f0f0f694f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/black.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/black.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
           # we need to run Black for each python component group separately.
           # Otherwise, they all will use the same config.
 
-          UPDATED_DIRS=${{steps.files.outputs.all_changed_files}}
+          UPDATED_DIRS="${{steps.files.outputs.all_changed_files}}"
 
           if [[ ! -z $UPDATED_DIRS ]]; then
             sudo apt-get --no-install-recommends install -y build-essential curl python3-dev python3-pip python3-venv
diff --git a/.github/workflows/hadolint.yml b/.github/workflows/hadolint.yml
index 5795c97895d..aa81751ab53 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/hadolint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/hadolint.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
           HADOLINT_VER: "2.1.0"
           VERIFICATION_LEVEL: "error"
         run: |
-          CHANGED_FILES=${{steps.files.outputs.all_changed_files}}
+          CHANGED_FILES="${{steps.files.outputs.all_changed_files}}"
 
           if [[ ! -z $CHANGED_FILES ]]; then
             curl -sL -o $HADOLINT "https://github.com/hadolint/hadolint/releases/download/v$HADOLINT_VER/hadolint-Linux-x86_64" && chmod 700 $HADOLINT
diff --git a/.github/workflows/isort.yml b/.github/workflows/isort.yml
index ae222bb55b5..c1c84183e93 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/isort.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/isort.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
           # we need to run isort for each python component group separately.
           # Otherwise, they all will use the same config.
 
-          UPDATED_DIRS=${{steps.files.outputs.all_changed_files}}
+          UPDATED_DIRS="${{steps.files.outputs.all_changed_files}}"
 
           if [[ ! -z $UPDATED_DIRS ]]; then
             sudo apt-get --no-install-recommends install -y build-essential curl python3-dev python3-pip python3-venv
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pylint.yml b/.github/workflows/pylint.yml
index 3e8fd38356e..ca4de7106ba 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pylint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pylint.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
           PR_FILES_AM: ${{ steps.files.outputs.added_modified }}
           PR_FILES_RENAMED: ${{ steps.files.outputs.renamed }}
         run: |
-          CHANGED_FILES=${{steps.files.outputs.all_changed_files}}
+          CHANGED_FILES="${{steps.files.outputs.all_changed_files}}"
 
           if [[ ! -z $CHANGED_FILES ]]; then
             sudo apt-get --no-install-recommends install -y build-essential curl python3-dev python3-pip python3-venv
diff --git a/.github/workflows/stylelint.yml b/.github/workflows/stylelint.yml
index a7d0dda662b..3fdfd81cf26 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/stylelint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/stylelint.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Run checks
         run: |
-          CHANGED_FILES=${{steps.files.outputs.all_changed_files}}
+          CHANGED_FILES="${{steps.files.outputs.all_changed_files}}"
 
           if [[ ! -z $CHANGED_FILES ]]; then
             yarn install --frozen-lockfile