diff --git a/src/Misc/containerEngineHandlers/podmanHandler/src/podmanHandler.ts b/src/Misc/containerEngineHandlers/podmanHandler/src/podmanHandler.ts
index c257e9c82..a37d7649b 100644
--- a/src/Misc/containerEngineHandlers/podmanHandler/src/podmanHandler.ts
+++ b/src/Misc/containerEngineHandlers/podmanHandler/src/podmanHandler.ts
@@ -134,7 +134,9 @@ async function run(): Promise<void> {
     execArgs.push(execInput.fileName)
 
     core.debug(JSON.stringify(execInput.arguments))
-    const args = JSON.stringify(execInput.arguments).split(' ')
+    const args = JSON.stringify(execInput.arguments)
+      .replace('"', '')
+      .split(' ')
     core.debug(JSON.stringify(args))
 
     execArgs.push(...args)
diff --git a/src/Misc/layoutbin/podmanHandler/index.js b/src/Misc/layoutbin/podmanHandler/index.js
index 4de2389b3..4973ab3cb 100644
--- a/src/Misc/layoutbin/podmanHandler/index.js
+++ b/src/Misc/layoutbin/podmanHandler/index.js
@@ -1154,7 +1154,7 @@ function run() {
             execArgs.push(execInput.jobContainer.containerId);
             execArgs.push(execInput.fileName);
             core.debug(JSON.stringify(execInput.arguments));
-            const args = JSON.stringify(execInput.arguments).split(' ');
+            const args = JSON.stringify(execInput.arguments).replace('"', "").split(' ');
             core.debug(JSON.stringify(args));
             execArgs.push(...args);
             core.debug(JSON.stringify(execArgs));