diff --git a/.github/scripts/fetch_helm_deps.sh b/.github/scripts/fetch_helm_deps.sh
index a625fd61dea..cac40430bf2 100755
--- a/.github/scripts/fetch_helm_deps.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/fetch_helm_deps.sh
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ command -v go-yq >/dev/null 2>&1 || {
 }
 
 # define defaults
-cache_path="${cache_path:-'./tgz_cache'}"
-charts_ath="${charts_ath:-'./charts'}"
+cache_path=${cache_path:-./tgz_cache}
+charts_ath=${charts_ath:-./charts}
 
 mkdir -p "$cache_path"