diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index a18add7d9b1898452500f434f1b8d945301fdb65..16c45fcc694bd1980b65694daf5fd31a44050e32 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ release:
         - echo ${UPLOAD_RESULT}
         - FILE_URL=$(echo ${UPLOAD_RESULT} | python -c 'import json,sys;obj=json.load(sys.stdin);print obj["url"]')
         - echo ${FILE_URL}
-        - 'DATA="{""name"": ""Release ${CI_COMMIT_TAG}"", ""tag_name"": ""${CI_COMMIT_TAG}"", ""description"": ""RegionChooser Release"", ""assets"": { ""links"": [{ ""name"": ""${FILE}"", ""url"": ""${CI_PROJECT_URL}${FILE_URL}""}] } }"'
+        - 'DATA="{\"name\": \"Release ${CI_COMMIT_TAG}\", \"tag_name\": \"${CI_COMMIT_TAG}\", \"description\": \"RegionChooser Release\", \"assets\": { \"links\": [{ \"name\": \"${FILE}\", \"url\": \"${CI_PROJECT_URL}${FILE_URL}\"}] } }"'
         - echo ${DATA}
         - 'curl --header "Content-Type: application/json" --header "Private-Token: ${TOKEN}" --data "${DATA}" --request POST ${CI_API_V4_URL}/projects/${CI_PROJECT_ID}/releases'
     only: