diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 3e4772cfbbf..bf6ba38ea91 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ env:
   CACHE_VERSION: 5
   PIP_CACHE_VERSION: 4
   MYPY_CACHE_VERSION: 4
-  HA_SHORT_VERSION: 2023.10
+  HA_SHORT_VERSION: "2023.10"
   DEFAULT_PYTHON: "3.11"
   ALL_PYTHON_VERSIONS: "['3.11']"
   # 10.3 is the oldest supported version
diff --git a/script/version_bump.py b/script/version_bump.py
index 4c4f8a97f09..5e383ab7d4b 100755
--- a/script/version_bump.py
+++ b/script/version_bump.py
@@ -135,8 +135,8 @@ def write_ci_workflow(version: Version) -> None:
 
     short_version = ".".join(str(version).split(".", maxsplit=2)[:2])
     content = re.sub(
-        r"(\n\W+HA_SHORT_VERSION: )\d{4}\.\d{1,2}\n",
-        f"\\g<1>{short_version}\n",
+        r"(\n\W+HA_SHORT_VERSION: )\"\d{4}\.\d{1,2}\"\n",
+        f'\\g<1>"{short_version}"\n',
         content,
         count=1,
     )