diff --git a/lib/python/release.sh b/lib/python/release.sh
index 5e2b32683188c63d1c7fe36a80bbdfce6728ff45..7bd1ed903a635d5f10fd1b18abf6058ec3aa7c72 100755
--- a/lib/python/release.sh
+++ b/lib/python/release.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-cat ${CI_PIPYRC} | base64 -d > .pypirc
+cat "${CI_PIPYRC}" | base64 -d > .pypirc
 python -m twine upload --config-file .pypirc --verbose --repository pypi ./lib/python/dist/dbrepo-*