diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-test.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-test.yml
index 79b3071..177a758 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-test.yml
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ jobs:
           
              echo "Updating task.json version to: ${new_version}"
              echo "Updating task.json with the new version: ${new_version}"
-             jq --arg patch_version $((current_patch+1)) '.version.Patch |= $patch_version' task.json > task.json.tmp && mv task.json.tmp task.json
+             jq --argjson patch_version $((current_patch+1)) '.version.Patch |= $patch_version' task.json > task.json.tmp && mv task.json.tmp task.json
              echo "Updated task.json file"
              cat task.json