diff --git a/updatecli/updatecli.d/updatek3sroot.yaml b/updatecli/updatecli.d/updatek3sroot.yaml
index 42fa129a9e..4b37d7d986 100644
--- a/updatecli/updatecli.d/updatek3sroot.yaml
+++ b/updatecli/updatecli.d/updatek3sroot.yaml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ targets:
     spec:
       file: "scripts/version.sh"
       matchpattern: '(?m)^VERSION_ROOT=(.*)'
-      replacepattern: 'VERSION_ROOT={{ source "k3sroot" }}'
+      replacepattern: 'VERSION_ROOT="{{ source "k3sroot" }}"'
  
 
 scms: