diff --git a/.gitlab/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/.gitlab-ci.yml
index fb71ade61..b018ef816 100644
--- a/.gitlab/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ run featurebase in linux amd64 node:
     - aws configure set region "us-east-2"
     - INSTANCE_ID=$(cat linux-amd64-instance.txt)
   script:
-    - aws ssm send-command --document-name "AWS-RunShellScript" --targets "Key=InstanceIds,Values={$INSTANCE_ID}" --cli-input-json file://.gitlab/configureFeatureBase.json
+    - aws ssm send-command --document-name "AWS-RunShellScript" --targets "Key=InstanceIds,Values=$INSTANCE_ID" --cli-input-json file://.gitlab/configureFeatureBase.json
     - sleep 120
   needs:
     job: