diff --git a/.github/workflows/providers.yaml b/.github/workflows/providers.yaml
index bb9b8d790b..15dfadd11c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/providers.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/providers.yaml
@@ -32,10 +32,12 @@ jobs:
       - name: Detect providers
         id: providers
         run: |
-          find providers -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type d -exec basename {} \; > providers.list
-          echo "providers=$(cat providers.list | tr '\n' ',')" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          providers=$(find providers -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type d -exec basename {} \;)
+          printf '%s\n' "${providers[@]}" | jq -R . | jq -sc . > providers.json
+          echo "providers=$(cat providers.json)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
           echo "Providers detected:"
-          cat providers.list
+          echo $providers
 
   provider-build:
     name: "${{ matrix.provider }}"
@@ -45,7 +47,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       max-parallel: 2
       matrix:
-        provider: [ ${{ needs.scoping.outputs.providers }} ]
+        provider: ${{ fromJSON(needs.scoping.outputs.providers) }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4