diff --git a/.github/workflows/CICD.yml b/.github/workflows/CICD.yml
index b2ae59bdf..a62e3d9f2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/CICD.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/CICD.yml
@@ -631,7 +631,7 @@ jobs:
         # target-specific options
         # * CARGO_FEATURES_OPTION
         CARGO_FEATURES_OPTION='' ;
-        if [ -n "${{ matrix.job.features }}" ]; then CARGO_FEATURES_OPTION='--features "${{ matrix.job.features }}"' ; fi
+        if [ -n "${{ matrix.job.features }}" ]; then CARGO_FEATURES_OPTION='--features=${{ matrix.job.features }}' ; fi
         outputs CARGO_FEATURES_OPTION
         # * CARGO_USE_CROSS (truthy)
         CARGO_USE_CROSS='true' ; case '${{ matrix.job.use-cross }}' in ''|0|f|false|n|no) unset CARGO_USE_CROSS ;; esac;
@@ -698,7 +698,7 @@ jobs:
         ## Dependent VARs setup
         outputs() { step_id="dep_vars"; for var in "$@" ; do echo steps.${step_id}.outputs.${var}="${!var}"; echo ::set-output name=${var}::${!var}; done; }
         # * determine sub-crate utility list
-        UTILITY_LIST="$(./util/show-utils.sh ${CARGO_FEATURES_OPTION})"
+        UTILITY_LIST="$(./util/show-utils.sh ${{ steps.vars.outputs.CARGO_FEATURES_OPTION }})"
         echo UTILITY_LIST=${UTILITY_LIST}
         CARGO_UTILITY_LIST_OPTIONS="$(for u in ${UTILITY_LIST}; do echo "-puu_${u}"; done;)"
         outputs CARGO_UTILITY_LIST_OPTIONS
@@ -981,7 +981,7 @@ jobs:
         ## Dependent VARs setup
         outputs() { step_id="dep_vars"; for var in "$@" ; do echo steps.${step_id}.outputs.${var}="${!var}"; echo ::set-output name=${var}::${!var}; done; }
         # * determine sub-crate utility list
-        UTILITY_LIST="$(./util/show-utils.sh ${CARGO_FEATURES_OPTION})"
+        UTILITY_LIST="$(./util/show-utils.sh ${{ steps.vars.outputs.CARGO_FEATURES_OPTION }})"
         CARGO_UTILITY_LIST_OPTIONS="$(for u in ${UTILITY_LIST}; do echo "-puu_${u}"; done;)"
         outputs CARGO_UTILITY_LIST_OPTIONS
     - name: Test uucore