diff --git a/.github/workflows/website.yaml b/.github/workflows/website.yaml
index eb00b3f43..d90f61631 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/website.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/website.yaml
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ jobs:
           bundle exec rake site:fetch_latest site:build_doc site:update_search_index site:clean_html site:build_html
       - name: Commit changes as last committer
         run: |
-          git config --global user.name "%(git log --format="%aN" -n 1)"
-          git config --global user.email "%(git log --format="%aE" -n 1)"
+          git config --global user.name "$(git log --format="%aN" -n 1)"
+          git config --global user.email "$(git log --format="%aE" -n 1)"
           bundle exec rake site:commit_changes
       - name: Deploy to GitHub pages via gh-pages branch
         uses: s0/git-publish-subdir-action@master