diff --git a/.github/workflows/issues.yml b/.github/workflows/issues.yml
index 79354eb06e3d3..1897dddb728cb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/issues.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/issues.yml
@@ -12,10 +12,10 @@ jobs:
         with:
           title-or-body: 'body'
           parameters: >
-            '[
+            '`[
               {"keywords": ["@fluentui/react-northstar"], "labels": ["Fluent UI react-northstar (v0)"]},
               {"keywords": ["@fluentui/react"], "labels": ["Fluent UI react (v8)"]},
               {"keywords": ["@fluentui/react-components"], "labels": ["Fluent UI react-components (v9)"]},
               {"keywords": ["@fluentui/web-components"],"labels": ["web-components"],"assignees": ["@chrisdholt"]}
-            ]'
+            ]`'
           github-token: '${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}'