diff --git a/.github/workflows/images_build.yml b/.github/workflows/images_build.yml
index 84a269205..0cd11203d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/images_build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/images_build.yml
@@ -357,8 +357,8 @@ jobs:
           labels: |
             org.opencontainers.image.revision=${{ fromJSON(steps.meta.outputs.json).labels['org.opencontainers.image.revision'] }}
             org.opencontainers.image.created=${{ fromJSON(steps.meta.outputs.json).labels['org.opencontainers.image.created'] }}
-          cache-from: ${{ toJSON(steps.cache_data.outputs.cache_from) }}
-          cache-to: ${{ toJSON(steps.cache_data.outputs.cache_to) }}
+          cache-from: ${{ steps.cache_data.outputs.cache_from }}
+          cache-to: ${{ steps.cache_data.outputs.cache_to }}
 
       - name: Sign the images with GitHub OIDC Token
         if: ${{ env.AUTO_PUSH_IMAGES }}