diff --git a/.github/workflows/beautysh.yml b/.github/workflows/beautysh.yml
index c0e1b12..f77f7f0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/beautysh.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/beautysh.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ on:
         description: Options to beautysh
         type: string
         required: false
-        default: --force-function-style paronly
+        default: --force-function-style paronly --variable-style braces
 jobs:
   beautysh:
     name: Run beautysh
@@ -23,9 +23,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Create requirements.txt
         run: |
           mkdir -p .github/workflows/es-progress/.github
-          # it seems beautysh in Python 3.11+ requires setuptools explicitly
-          echo setuptools > .github/workflows/es-progress/.github/requirements.txt
-          echo beautysh >> .github/workflows/es-progress/.github/requirements.txt
+          echo beautysh > .github/workflows/es-progress/.github/requirements.txt
 
       - name: Setup Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 957775f..f170023 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
     uses: ./.github/workflows/beautysh.yml
     with:
       dir: tests/workflows
-      params: --force-function-style fnpar --indent-size 2
+      params: --force-function-style fnpar --indent-size 2 --variable-style braces
 
   test-mkdocs:
     name: Test workflow (mkdocs)
diff --git a/tests/workflows/test.sh b/tests/workflows/test.sh
index 897ea82..fb829f7 100755
--- a/tests/workflows/test.sh
+++ b/tests/workflows/test.sh
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ IFS=$'\n\t'
 
 for f in *.m3u
 do
-  grep -qi "hq.*mp3" "$f" \
+  grep -qi "hq.*mp3" "${f}" \
     && echo -e "'Playlist ${f} contains a HQ file in mp3 format'"
 done