diff --git a/travis/check_latest_libappimage_tag.sh b/travis/check_latest_libappimage_tag.sh
index fef6c88..fc7d44a 100755
--- a/travis/check_latest_libappimage_tag.sh
+++ b/travis/check_latest_libappimage_tag.sh
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@ pushd lib/libappimage
 
 latesttag=$(git describe --tags)
 echo "checking out libappimage: ${latesttag}"
-git checkout ${latesttag}
+git checkout "${latesttag}"
 
 popd