diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-plugin-zip.yml b/.github/workflows/build-plugin-zip.yml
index 495de8b82917d..2c6293ed6caa0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-plugin-zip.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-plugin-zip.yml
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ jobs:
             - name: Publish packages to npm ("latest" dist-tag)
               run: |
                   cd main
-                  'npm install --global npm@"$(jq .engines.npm package.json)"'
+                  'npm install --global npm@"$(jq --raw-output --join-output .engines.npm package.json)"'
                   npm ci
                   ./bin/plugin/cli.js npm-latest --semver minor --ci --repository-path ../publish
               env:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-npm-packages.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-npm-packages.yml
index b0b148c075a44..2410f96c972b8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-npm-packages.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-npm-packages.yml
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ jobs:
               if: ${{ github.event.inputs.release_type == 'development' }}
               run: |
                   cd cli
-                  'npm install --global npm@"$(jq .engines.npm package.json)"'
+                  'npm install --global npm@"$(jq --raw-output --join-output .engines.npm package.json)"'
                   npm ci
                   ./bin/plugin/cli.js npm-next --ci --repository-path ../publish
               env:
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ jobs:
               if: ${{ github.event.inputs.release_type == 'bugfix' }}
               run: |
                   cd cli
-                  'npm install --global npm@"$(jq .engines.npm package.json)"'
+                  'npm install --global npm@"$(jq --raw-output --join-output .engines.npm package.json)"'
                   npm ci
                   ./bin/plugin/cli.js npm-bugfix --ci --repository-path ../publish
               env:
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ jobs:
               if: ${{ github.event.inputs.release_type == 'wp' && github.event.inputs.wp_version }}
               run: |
                   cd publish
-                  'npm install --global npm@"$(jq .engines.npm package.json)"'
+                  'npm install --global npm@"$(jq --raw-output --join-output .engines.npm package.json)"'
                   npm ci
                   npx lerna publish patch --dist-tag wp-${{ github.event.inputs.wp_version }} --no-private --yes --no-verify-access
               env: