diff --git a/.github/workflows/mend-slack.yml b/.github/workflows/mend-slack.yml
index 2465ac5f86bafaa524abd418f226420ae5ffebd0..f566734a9a43ed92de18954777433ecd07e15400 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/mend-slack.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/mend-slack.yml
@@ -18,6 +18,6 @@ jobs:
         with:
           channel-id: 'C05NLTMGCJC'
           # For posting a simple plain text message
-          slack-message: "<${{ github.event.discussion.html_url }}|${{ github.event.discussion.title }}>"
+          slack-message: '<${{ github.event.discussion.html_url }}|${{ github.event.discussion.title }}>'
         env:
           SLACK_BOT_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.SLACK_BOT_TOKEN }}