diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index d342727..3b695e7 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ jobs:
             aws ssm get-parameter --name /sdk/latest_versions > ssm.json
             NEW_VALUE=$(cat ssm.json | python3 -c 'import json,sys,os;obj=json.loads(sys.stdin.read());obj=json.loads(obj["Parameter"]["Value"]);obj["python"]=os.environ["TRIGGER_TAG"][1:];print(json.dumps(obj))')
             echo $NEW_VALUE
-            aws ssm put-parameter --name /sdk/latest_versions --type "String" --value $NEW_VALUE --overwrite
+            aws ssm put-parameter --name /sdk/latest_versions --type "String" --value "'$NEW_VALUE'" --overwrite
       - <<: *slack_basic_fail
       - <<: *slack_success_deploy