diff --git a/.github/workflows/settings-1-update.yml b/.github/workflows/settings-1-update.yml
index 236bbe2..7529927 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/settings-1-update.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/settings-1-update.yml
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ jobs:
     with:
       deployment-environment: ${{ matrix.update.deployment-environment }}
       spack-type: ${{ matrix.update.type }}
+      # {"0.20": "7r8y43r8", "0.21": "wr7834yr", ...}
       spack-update: |
-        "${{ matrix.update.spack }}"  # {"0.20": "7r8y43r8", "0.21": "wr7834yr", ...}
+        ${{ matrix.update.spack }}
     secrets: inherit
diff --git a/config/settings.json b/config/settings.json
index 8330095..ddc537f 100644
--- a/config/settings.json
+++ b/config/settings.json
@@ -18,3 +18,4 @@
     }
   }
 }
+