diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 24db24a6da013a66d12644c8cc3561077ee2fc2f..d20dae4ffd1df3ab9f8fc1d5989fbe957d387e81 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -117,10 +117,11 @@ create_release:
     - curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: $CI_JOB_TOKEN" --upload-file tutorials.zip "$CI_API_V4_URL/projects/$CI_PROJECT_ID/uploads" > upload_response.json
     - UPLOAD_URL=$(jq -r '.url' upload_response.json)  # Extract the uploaded URL path using jq
     - echo "ZIP File uploaded and accessible at: $UPLOAD_URL"
-    - release-cli create \
-        --name "Release TEST-$CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME" \
-        --tag-name "TEST-$CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME" \
-        --description "$(echo -e "## Test Release\nThis is a test release from the hotfix branch.")" \
+    - |
+      release-cli create \
+        --name "Release TEST-${CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME}" \
+        --tag-name "TEST-${CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME}" \
+        --description "## Test Release\nThis is a test release from the hotfix branch." \
         --assets-link "{\"name\":\"tutorials.zip\", \"url\":\"${CI_PROJECT_URL}${UPLOAD_URL}\"}"
   rules:
     - if: '$CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME == "hotfix/fix-doc-installation"'  # Test only on your hotfix branch