diff --git a/server/azure-pipelines.migrate.yaml b/server/azure-pipelines.migrate.yaml
index 6932a4cfb..c48cb38be 100644
--- a/server/azure-pipelines.migrate.yaml
+++ b/server/azure-pipelines.migrate.yaml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ steps:
   - bash: |
       FORKURI=$(curl -X GET "https://api.github.com/repos/$BUILD_REPOSITORY_NAME/pulls/$SYSTEM_PULLREQUEST_PULLREQUESTNUMBER" | jq -r '.head.repo.clone_url')
       git clone "$FORKURI" .
-      git checkout $SYSTEM_PULLREQUEST_SOURCEBRANCH
+      git checkout "$SYSTEM_PULLREQUEST_SOURCEBRANCH"
     displayName: checkout source branch
 
   # TODO: validate author of last commit was $(GITHUBNAME)