diff --git a/.github/workflows/shiftleft.yml b/.github/workflows/shiftleft.yml
index 9a335a00..0ab0c444 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/shiftleft.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/shiftleft.yml
@@ -23,9 +23,10 @@ jobs:
         ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/sl --version
         ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/sl analyze --strict --wait \
           --app shiftleft-python-demo \
-          --tag branch=${{ github.head_ref }} \
+          --tag branch="$BRANCH_NAME" \
           --pythonsrc --container 18fgsa/s3-resource $(pwd)
       env:
+        BRANCH_NAME: ${{ github.head_ref }}
         SHIFTLEFT_ACCESS_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.SHIFTLEFT_ACCESS_TOKEN }}
         SHIFTLEFT_API_HOST: www.shiftleft.io
         SHIFTLEFT_GRPC_TELEMETRY_HOST: telemetry.shiftleft.io:443