diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 8c94294d..19fb9704 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -41,10 +41,10 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - run: |
           JIT=$(jq -c '.oclif.jitPlugins | keys' package.json)
-          JIT_JSON='${{ toJson($JIT) }}'
           echo "Found JIT plugins:"
-          echo "$JIT_JSON"
-          echo "jit=$JIT_JSON" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          echo "$JIT"
+          echo "jit=$JIT" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          echo "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
 
   echo-jit-plugins:
     needs: get-jit-plugins
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - run: |
           echo "JIT JSON:"
-          echo ${{ needs.get-jit-plugins.outputs.jit }}
+          echo ${{ toJson(needs.get-jit-plugins.outputs.jit) }}
           echo "JIT from JSON:"
           echo ${{ fromJSON(needs.get-jit-plugins.outputs.jit) }}