diff --git a/.github/workflows/kube-flux-diff.yaml b/.github/workflows/kube-flux-diff.yaml
index 3728d5d6..c8eeb633 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/kube-flux-diff.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/kube-flux-diff.yaml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ jobs:
           for i in "${splitfiles[@]}"; do
             cat <<EOF > "${i}"
             ```diff
-            "$(cat "${i}")"
+            $(printf %s "$(< "${i}")")
             ```
             EOF
           done