diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index b4fdc9c248f..4643fe8425a 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ steps:
   image: grafana/build-container:1.2.21
   commands:
   - npx lerna bootstrap
-  - echo //registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken=$${NPM_TOKEN} >> ~/.npmrc"
+  - echo "//registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken=$${NPM_TOKEN}" >> ~/.npmrc"
   - echo ./scripts/circle-release-next-packages.sh
   environment:
     NPM_TOKEN:
diff --git a/scripts/lib.star b/scripts/lib.star
index 6ecee4faf2e..f99d39d1f9c 100644
--- a/scripts/lib.star
+++ b/scripts/lib.star
@@ -546,7 +546,7 @@ def release_next_npm_packages_step(edition):
         },
         'commands': [
             'npx lerna bootstrap',
-            'echo //registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken=$${NPM_TOKEN} >> ~/.npmrc"',
+            'echo "//registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken=$${NPM_TOKEN}" >> ~/.npmrc"',
             # TODO: Enable
             'echo ./scripts/circle-release-next-packages.sh',
         ],