diff --git a/.github/workflows/charts-test.yaml b/.github/workflows/charts-test.yaml
index 0acd8619c49..133aa3ad305 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/charts-test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/charts-test.yaml
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ jobs:
           CHARTS="${{ inputs.modifiedCharts }}"
           echo "Modified Charts: ${CHARTS}"
           EXCLUDED_JSON=$(go-yq eval -o=json '.excluded-charts // []' .github/ct-install.yaml)
-          echo ${CHARTS} | jq --raw-input '.' | jq --compact-output --slurp '.' | jq 'map(. |= split(" "))[]' 
+          CHARTS_JSON=$(echo ${CHARTS} | jq --raw-input '.' | jq --compact-output --slurp '.' | jq 'map(. |= split(" "))[]' )
           OUTPUT_JSON=$(echo "{\"excluded\": ${EXCLUDED_JSON}, \"all\": ${CHARTS_JSON}}" | jq --compact-output '.all-.excluded')
           OUTPUT_JSON1=$((echo $OUTPUT_JSON | jq -r -c '.[:50]'; echo $OUTPUT_JSON | jq -r -c '.[301:350]'; echo $OUTPUT_JSON | jq -r -c '.[601:650]'; echo $OUTPUT_JSON | jq -r -c '.[901:950]'; echo $OUTPUT_JSON | jq -r -c '.[1201:1250]') | jq -s add)
           OUTPUT_JSON2=$((echo $OUTPUT_JSON | jq -r -c '.[51:100]'; echo $OUTPUT_JSON | jq -r -c '.[351:400]'; echo $OUTPUT_JSON | jq -r -c '.[651:700]'; echo $OUTPUT_JSON | jq -r -c '.[951:1000]'; echo $OUTPUT_JSON | jq -r -c '.[1251:1300]') | jq -s add)