diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 839976452f..b01bd2af4b 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ jobs:
             --flannel-backend=none
             --docker
             --egress-selector-mode=disabled
-            "--container-runtime-endpoint=/run/cri-dockerd.sock"
+            --container-runtime-endpoint="/run/cri-dockerd.sock"
 
       - run:
           name: k3s failure logs