diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index ae0e0d2..dd4154e 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -12,5 +12,5 @@ steps:
   environment:
     DRONE_COMMIT_AUTHOR: "CustomAuthor"
   commands:
-    - $DRONE_COMMIT_AUTHOR="test"
+    - DRONE_COMMIT_AUTHOR="test"
     - echo "Overridden author $DRONE_COMMIT_AUTHOR"