diff --git a/.ci/cirrus.release.yml b/.ci/cirrus.release.yml
index 2e66ffe..a54eb05 100644
--- a/.ci/cirrus.release.yml
+++ b/.ci/cirrus.release.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 task:
   name: "Release Xcode $CIRRUS_TAG ($MACOS_VERSION)"
   env:
-    XCODE_COMPONENTS: "MetalToolchain"
+    XCODE_COMPONENTS: "\"MetalToolchain\""
     matrix:
       - MACOS_VERSION: tahoe
       - MACOS_VERSION: sequoia
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ task:
     - tart pull ghcr.io/cirruslabs/macos-$MACOS_VERSION-base:latest
   build_script:
     - packer init templates/xcode.pkr.hcl
-    - packer build -var macos_version="$MACOS_VERSION" -var xcode_version="[\"$CIRRUS_TAG\"]" -var xcode_components="[\"$XCODE_COMPONENTS\"]" templates/xcode.pkr.hcl
+    - packer build -var macos_version="$MACOS_VERSION" -var xcode_version="[\"$CIRRUS_TAG\"]" -var xcode_components="[$XCODE_COMPONENTS]" templates/xcode.pkr.hcl
   push_script: |
     if [[ $CIRRUS_TAG == *"beta"* ]]
     then
diff --git a/.ci/cirrus.xcode.yml b/.ci/cirrus.xcode.yml
index 82ec8e8..4a0ce03 100644
--- a/.ci/cirrus.xcode.yml
+++ b/.ci/cirrus.xcode.yml
@@ -5,14 +5,14 @@ task:
     matrix:
       - MACOS_VERSION: tahoe
         XCODE_VERSION: "26.2"
-        XCODE_COMPONENTS: "MetalToolchain"
+        XCODE_COMPONENTS: "\"MetalToolchain\""
         LATEST: true
       - MACOS_VERSION: tahoe
         XCODE_VERSION: "26.1.1"
-        XCODE_COMPONENTS: "MetalToolchain"
+        XCODE_COMPONENTS: "\"MetalToolchain\""
       - MACOS_VERSION: tahoe
         XCODE_VERSION: "26.0.1"
-        XCODE_COMPONENTS: "MetalToolchain"
+        XCODE_COMPONENTS: "\"MetalToolchain\""
       - MACOS_VERSION: sequoia
         XCODE_VERSION: 16.4
         LATEST: true
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ task:
     - tart pull ghcr.io/cirruslabs/macos-$MACOS_VERSION-base:latest
   build_xcode_script:
     - packer init templates/xcode.pkr.hcl
-    - packer build -var macos_version="$MACOS_VERSION" -var xcode_version="[\"$XCODE_VERSION\"]" -var xcode_components="[\"$XCODE_COMPONENTS\"]" templates/xcode.pkr.hcl
+    - packer build -var macos_version="$MACOS_VERSION" -var xcode_version="[\"$XCODE_VERSION\"]" -var xcode_components="[$XCODE_COMPONENTS]" templates/xcode.pkr.hcl
   push_script: |
     if [[ -z "$LATEST" ]]
     then