diff --git a/script/check-quality-gate.sh b/script/check-quality-gate.sh
index 8b0ae3c..bea66f2 100755
--- a/script/check-quality-gate.sh
+++ b/script/check-quality-gate.sh
@@ -43,16 +43,16 @@ qualityGateStatus="$(curl --location --location-trusted --max-redirs 10 --silent
 
 printf '\n'
 if [[ ${qualityGateStatus} == "OK" ]]; then
-   echo 'quality-gate-status=PASSED' >> ${GITHUB_OUTPUT}
+   set_output "quality-gate-status" "PASSED"
    success "Quality Gate has PASSED."
 elif [[ ${qualityGateStatus} == "WARN" ]]; then
-   echo 'quality-gate-status=WARN' >> ${GITHUB_OUTPUT}
+   set_output "quality-gate-status" "WARN"
    warn "Warnings on Quality Gate."
 elif [[ ${qualityGateStatus} == "ERROR" ]]; then
-   echo 'quality-gate-status=FAILED' >> ${GITHUB_OUTPUT}
+   set_output "quality-gate-status" "FAILED"
    fail "Quality Gate has FAILED."
 else
-   echo 'quality-gate-status=FAILED' >> ${GITHUB_OUTPUT}
+   set_output "quality-gate-status" "FAILED"
    fail "Quality Gate not set for the project. Please configure the Quality Gate in SonarQube or remove sonarqube-quality-gate action from the workflow."
 fi
 
diff --git a/script/common.sh b/script/common.sh
index a347869..b890acf 100755
--- a/script/common.sh
+++ b/script/common.sh
@@ -23,6 +23,15 @@ success() { echo -e "${green}✔ $*${reset}"; }
 warn() { echo -e "${yellow}✖ $*${reset}"; exit 1; }
 fail() { echo -e "${red}✖ $*${reset}"; exit 1; }
 
+# support old GH Actions runners
+set_output () {
+  if [[ -n "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}" ]]; then
+    echo "${1}=${2}" >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
+  else
+    echo "::set-output name=${1}::${2}"
+  fi
+}
+
 ## Enable debug mode.
 enable_debug() {
   if [[ "${DEBUG}" == "true" ]]; then
diff --git a/test/check-quality-gate-test.bats b/test/check-quality-gate-test.bats
index 29d2016..1e5c534 100755
--- a/test/check-quality-gate-test.bats
+++ b/test/check-quality-gate-test.bats
@@ -192,3 +192,58 @@ teardown() {
   [[ "${lines[0]}" = "....." ]]
   [[ "${lines[1]}" = *"Quality Gate has PASSED."* ]]
 }
+
+@test "pass spaces in GITHUB_OUTPUT path are handled" {
+  export SONAR_TOKEN="test"
+  echo "serverUrl=http://localhost:9000" >> metadata_tmp
+  echo "ceTaskUrl=http://localhost:9000/api/ce/task?id=AXlCe3gsFwOUsY8YKHTn" >> metadata_tmp
+
+  #mock curl
+  function curl() {
+    url="${@: -1}"
+     if [[ $url == *"/api/qualitygates/project_status?analysisId"* ]]; then
+       echo '{"projectStatus":{"status":"OK"}}'
+     else
+       echo '{"task":{"analysisId":"AXlCe3jz9LkwR9Gs0pBY","status":"SUCCESS"}}'
+     fi
+  }
+  export -f curl
+
+  # GITHUB_OUTPUT is a path with spaces
+  github_output_dir="${BATS_TEST_TMPDIR}/some subdir"
+  mkdir -p "${github_output_dir}"
+  export GITHUB_OUTPUT="${github_output_dir}/github_output"
+  touch "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
+
+  run script/check-quality-gate.sh metadata_tmp
+
+  read -r github_out_actual < "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
+
+  [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+  [[ "${github_out_actual}" = "quality-gate-status=PASSED" ]]
+  [[ "$output" = *"Quality Gate has PASSED."* ]]
+}
+
+@test "pass fall back to set-output if GITHUB_OUTPUT unset" {
+  export SONAR_TOKEN="test"
+  unset GITHUB_OUTPUT
+  echo "serverUrl=http://localhost:9000" >> metadata_tmp
+  echo "ceTaskUrl=http://localhost:9000/api/ce/task?id=AXlCe3gsFwOUsY8YKHTn" >> metadata_tmp
+
+  #mock curl
+  function curl() {
+    url="${@: -1}"
+     if [[ $url == *"/api/qualitygates/project_status?analysisId"* ]]; then
+       echo '{"projectStatus":{"status":"OK"}}'
+     else
+       echo '{"task":{"analysisId":"AXlCe3jz9LkwR9Gs0pBY","status":"SUCCESS"}}'
+     fi
+  }
+  export -f curl
+
+  run script/check-quality-gate.sh metadata_tmp
+
+  [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+  [[ "$output" = *"::set-output name=quality-gate-status::PASSED"* ]]
+  [[ "$output" = *"Quality Gate has PASSED."* ]]
+}