diff --git a/.github/workflows/package-pr.yaml b/.github/workflows/package-pr.yaml
index 6c3bce4..37ee491 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/package-pr.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/package-pr.yaml
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ jobs:
         id: 'get-packages'
         shell: bash
         run: |
-          PACKAGES=$(echo '${{ steps.get-pr-commits.outputs.commits }}' | jq .[].commit.message -r | grep -oP '^pkg\(\K[^:\h\n]+(?=\))'' | sort -u | sed 's/^/* /')
+          COMMITS='${{ steps.get-pr-commits.outputs.commits }}'
+          PACKAGES=$(echo $COMMITS | jq .[].commit.message -r | grep -oP '^pkg\(\K[^:\h\n]+(?=\))'' | sort -u | sed 's/^/* /')
           PACKAGES=${PACKAGES//$'%'/'%25'}
           PACKAGES=${PACKAGES//$'\n'/'%0A'}
           PACKAGES=${PACKAGES//$'\r'/'%0D'}