diff --git a/packages/create-plugin/templates/github/workflows/ci.yml b/packages/create-plugin/templates/github/workflows/ci.yml
index 3ab8f42f3..8477d8655 100644
--- a/packages/create-plugin/templates/github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/packages/create-plugin/templates/github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Check plugin.json
         run: |
           docker run --pull=always \
-            -v $PWD/${{ steps.metadata.outputs.archive }}:/archive.zip \
+            -v $PWD/$\{{ steps.metadata.outputs.archive }}:/archive.zip \
             grafana/plugin-validator-cli -analyzer=metadatavalid /archive.zip
 
       - name: Archive Build