diff --git a/ci/docker/build-and-test.dockerfile b/ci/docker/build-and-test.dockerfile
index a8d09948e8..1de1381a58 100644
--- a/ci/docker/build-and-test.dockerfile
+++ b/ci/docker/build-and-test.dockerfile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ RUN mkdir -p /opt/build/vt-tv
 
 # Build
 FROM base AS build
-RUN bash -c 'if [[ $CC == "/usr/bin/gcc-11" ]]; then export VT_TV_COVERAGE_ENABLED=ON; fi'
+RUN bash -c 'if [[ "$CC" == "/usr/bin/gcc-11" ]]; then export VT_TV_COVERAGE_ENABLED=ON; fi'
 RUN /opt/src/vt-tv/ci/build.sh
 
 # Unit tests