diff --git a/bitnami/pgbouncer/1/debian-11/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libpgbouncer.sh b/bitnami/pgbouncer/1/debian-11/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libpgbouncer.sh
index 887cd774a18f..528038e01aaa 100644
--- a/bitnami/pgbouncer/1/debian-11/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libpgbouncer.sh
+++ b/bitnami/pgbouncer/1/debian-11/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libpgbouncer.sh
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ pgbouncer_initialize() {
             database_value+=" auth_user=$PGBOUNCER_AUTH_USER"
         fi
         if ! is_empty_value "$PGBOUNCER_CONNECT_QUERY"; then
-            database_value+=" connect_query='$PGBOUNCER_CONNECT_QUERY'"
+            database_value+=" connect_query='${PGBOUNCER_CONNECT_QUERY}'"
         fi
         ini-file set --section "databases" --key "$PGBOUNCER_DATABASE" --value "$database_value" "$PGBOUNCER_CONF_FILE"
         local -r -a key_value_pairs=(