diff --git a/src/main.ts b/src/main.ts
index 9233e2c2..d290f1d8 100644
--- a/src/main.ts
+++ b/src/main.ts
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ async function run(): Promise<void> {
 
     const properties: string = core.getInput('properties') ?? ''
     if (properties) {
-      command += ` "--properties:${properties}"`
+      command += ` --properties:"${properties}"`
     }
 
     const workingDir: string = core.getInput('workingDirectory')