diff --git a/testing/common.sh b/testing/common.sh
index 6a35edd7574..068c671b39a 100644
--- a/testing/common.sh
+++ b/testing/common.sh
@@ -816,7 +816,9 @@ function install_tenant() {
     value=myminio
     echo "Installing lite tenant for version $1"
 
-    try kubectl apply -k 'github.com/minio/operator/testing/tenant?ref='v"${1}"
+    tenant_version="v${1}"
+
+    try kubectl apply -k "github.com/minio/operator/testing/tenant?ref=$tenant_version"
   fi
 
   echo "Waiting for the tenant statefulset, this indicates the tenant is being fulfilled"