diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy_collab.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy_collab.yml
index e0783d082538fd2d5dabe1e7dad1a2e779ed264f..c8f5999b0e5fb829ac805d3ac1bef55f1454d0fe 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy_collab.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy_collab.yml
@@ -124,13 +124,13 @@ jobs:
           export ZED_IMAGE_ID="registry.digitalocean.com/zed/collab:${GITHUB_SHA}"
 
           export ZED_SERVICE_NAME=collab
-          export ZED_LOAD_BALANCER_SIZE_UNIT=$ZED_COLLAB_LOAD_BALANCER_SIZE_UNIT
+          export ZED_LOAD_BALANCER_SIZE_UNIT="$ZED_COLLAB_LOAD_BALANCER_SIZE_UNIT"
           envsubst < crates/collab/k8s/collab.template.yml | kubectl apply -f -
           kubectl -n "$ZED_KUBE_NAMESPACE" rollout status deployment/$ZED_SERVICE_NAME --watch
           echo "deployed ${ZED_SERVICE_NAME} to ${ZED_KUBE_NAMESPACE}"
 
           export ZED_SERVICE_NAME=api
-          export ZED_LOAD_BALANCER_SIZE_UNIT=$ZED_API_LOAD_BALANCER_SIZE_UNIT
+          export ZED_LOAD_BALANCER_SIZE_UNIT="$ZED_API_LOAD_BALANCER_SIZE_UNIT"
           envsubst < crates/collab/k8s/collab.template.yml | kubectl apply -f -
           kubectl -n "$ZED_KUBE_NAMESPACE" rollout status deployment/$ZED_SERVICE_NAME --watch
           echo "deployed ${ZED_SERVICE_NAME} to ${ZED_KUBE_NAMESPACE}"